



36, Article 6 (Right to Life), which Professor Shany helped create. While much was questioned, discussed and contended during this Monday evening lecture, I would like to draw your attention to the United Nations General Comment no. He acted as a warm and welcoming chair for the discussion. Marco Longobardo, who is a Senior Lecturer in International Law at the hosting university. Anicee Van Engeland of Cranfield University. I had the pleasure of hearing directly from international law Professor Yuval Shany of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Associate Professor of International Security and Law Dr. Two practitioners were kindly invited to the University of Westminster Law School to discuss human rights in armed conflicts. note: Delay in this excellent review being posted is down to me, not Ashley!) Here are her thoughts…ĭuring a time of increasing instability in Europe, due to the onset of the Russian invasion of sovereign Ukrainian territory, the application of human rights within armed conflicts is front and centre in the minds of human rights lawyers and international humanitarian lawyers alike. Ashley Gate, Lawbore journalist, attended an event at the University of Westminster on the 13th March 2023 ‘ The application of international human rights law to armed conflicts‘.
