Nanotechnology and International Humanitarian Law

Thursday 27 June | 12:30 – 14:00 | Villa Moynier |120B rue de Lausanne

This lecture examines whether the existing rules of IHL are sufficiently clear and adequate in light of the technology’s specific characteristics, as well as with regard to the foreseeable humanitarian impact it may have.

Guest Lecturer:
Dr Hitoshi NASU, Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
Chair:
Dr Nils Melzer, Swiss IHL chair at the Geneva Academy and Senior Fellow at the GCSP

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The Arms Trade Treaty: A Human Rights Treaty?

The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and the International Commission of Jurists held the side event:

Tuesday 11 June 2013 | 1pm-3pm | Geneva - Palais des Nations | Room XXV 

The objective of this side event was to provide participants with a forum to discuss the protection of Human Rights under the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), including ways to ensure compliance with the ATT, and the relevance of the treaty for the Human Rights Council and its special procedures.

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Adoption of the UN Arms Trade Treaty

A total of 67 states signed the Arms Trade Treaty on the day the treaty opened for signature: Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, the Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chile, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, the Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Grenada, Greece, Guyana, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Montenegro, Mozambique, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palau, Panama, Portugal, Romania, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, the Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uruguay, and the United Kingdom.
A series of statements were then delivered by signatory states.

For more information, please read the ATT Blog
Read Prof. A. Clapham's interview for Le Temps on the ATT adoption (French)