Thursday 28 January 2016

Discussion on the legal interoperability in joint military operations – NATO and non-NATO countries - 4 February

The International Law Centre is holding an event on the legal interoperability in joint military operations between NATO and non-NATO countries with NATO Legal advisor Lewis Bumgardner to be held at Försvarshögskolan on Thursday 4 February 15:30-17:00.

Lewis Bumgardner served for 24 years as a Judge Advocate in US Marine Corps, retiring as a Colonel. He then worked as a legal advisor for the UN Mission in Liberia before being hired in 2005 as the legal advisor for the NATO Allied Command Transformation Staff Element Europe in Belgium. In addition, he is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the St. John’s University School of Law in New York and  Chairman of the LOAC Task Group at the NATO Training Group, as well as lecturer at SWEDINT.

The term “legal interoperability” addresses the process of making legal rules to enable cooperation between States across jurisdictions. It is an area of growing importance in joint military operations between NATO and non-NATO countries, such as Sweden.  

The event will be held in English at Försvarshögskolan, Drottning Kristnas Väg 37 in room N203A+B. If you are interested in attending, email martin.hamilton@fhs.se.

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Tuesday 12 January 2016

UK Government’s policy on the use of drones for targeted killing - transcript of evidence given by Minister of Defence

On 16 December 2015, the UK's Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Fallon, gave evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights on its inquiry into the UK Government's policy on the use of drones for targeted killing. The transcript of the meeting is available online here.

Background on the Joint Committee's inquiry is available here.


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