Organised a Workshop and Roundtable Discussion on:
“TheLegal Implications of the Recent War against Gaza”
Date: Friday, 13th February 2009
Time: 4 to 6 pm
Venue: New King’s 14
Can one legally speak of a holocaust or genocide committed by Israel? – What human rights violations are the Palestinians subjected to? – Are the Israeli attacks covered by the right to self-defense? – In legal terms, can Hamas be described as terrorists or as freedom fighters? – What does jihad mean under Islamic International Law? – Could Israel as a state or Israeli officials be held liable and be prosecuted for war crimes?
These and many other questions werediscussed by four panel speakers:
MohamedAlmagsoudi – PhD student in Human Rights Law
Nabahan Al-Ma’awali – PhD student in International Criminal law
Khaled Ramadan Bashir – PhD student in Islamic Contribution and International Law
Ahmed Samir Hassanein – PhD student in International Criminal law
Moreover, Prof. Tony Carty, who has extensively published in the area of International Law on the Use of Force and the anthropological and philosophical assumptions underlying it, participated by adding some valuable comments.
The workshop and discussion was moderated by Paula Herm, PhD student in International Law on the Use of Force.
We would be glad if as many as possible of you join us in this event which promises to be most enlightening and stimulating.
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On Wed, 7 th October at 7pm in Taylor A19 the Legal Research Society will present its first movie night of this academic year with a screening of the film HOT FUZZ, a British action comedy with a huge portion of irony and black humour about the bigotry, hypocrisy and intrigues set in an (superficially) idyllic small town in Britain… Synopsis Sgt Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is a fiercely motivated and successful London copper who finds himself transferred to the sleepy town of Sandford . Almost everyone in this manicured little community seems to know and love each other. But if Sandford is a sleepy market town, it is home to some very real nightmares. Not that local coppers like loveable oaf Danny Butterman (Nick Frost) see anything suspicious about Sandford's absurd number of 'accidents'. Angel is no ordinary constable and launches an investigation, much to the amusement of his bumbling boss and his colleagues. Critics “Refreshingly British come
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