{"id":5907,"date":"2024-04-02T11:02:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T15:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/?page_id=5907"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:24:59","slug":"law-and-the-war-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/events\/talks-symposia-and-other-events\/law-and-the-war-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Law and the War in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part I \u2014What Law Governs the Conduct of Parties to the War?<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

November 29, 2023<\/h3>\n

Cicero famously said that in war, law is silent. But, while that may have been true in Cicero\u2019s time, it is not the case today. Over the last century, international law has developed to govern when states can lawfully go to war and, when they do, how they are permitted to act. There are many complex issues surrounding the war in Gaza right now. As lawyers and future lawyers, one way we can grapple with these issues is to understand the law that governs the conduct of the parties to armed conflict. Part I of “Law and the War and Gaza” consisted of on a discussion with two experts about these legal frameworks and how they apply to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Elisa Massimino (moderator)<\/span><\/b>, Human Rights Institute Executive Director and Visiting Professor<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Michael Meier<\/span><\/b>, Adjunct Professor of Law; Senior Civilian Adviser, the Army Judge Advocate General<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lakmini Seneviratne<\/span><\/b>, Operational Legal Coordinator at International Committee of the Red Cross \u2013 ICRC<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Part I \u2014What Law Governs the Conduct of Parties to the War?\u00a0 November 29, 2023 Cicero famously said that in war, law is silent. But, while that may have been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13396,"featured_media":0,"parent":5380,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-5907","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5907"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7252,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5907\/revisions\/7252"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}