About the author(s):
Katharine Fortin is an Associate Professor at Utrecht University where she teaches IHL and IHRL. Before joining Utrecht University, she worked at the ICTY, ICC and Norton Rose Fulbright. She is the author of The Accountability of Armed Groups under Human Rights Law (Oxford University Press, 2017) which won the 2018 Lieber Prize. She has written widely about the framework of law that applies to armed groups in non-international armed conflicts and is one of the editors of the Armed Groups and International Law blog.
At 7pm next Thursday 11th February, I am giving a lecture on the accountability of armed groups under international law at the T.M.C. Asser Institute. In the lecture, I will examine the concept of accountability under international law and the relationship between international human rights law and international humanitarian law when holding armed groups to account. I will also consider when and how the practice of holding armed groups to account under human rights law, as opposed to international humanitarian law, is legitimate.
The lecture is open to the public and you are very welcome to attend.
Date: 11th February 2016
Starts: 19:00h
Fee: Free
Venue: T.M.C. Asser Instituut
Organiser: T.M.C. Asser Instituut, Amsterdam Center for International Law
and Het Nederlandse Rode Kruis
Address: R.J. Schimmelpennincklaan 20-22
The Hague
Netherlands