Steven Kay QC is to moderate a session titled “Is Truth the First Casualty of War?” at the IBA War and Justice Conference on 21st April in the Peace Palace, The Hague. It will be a panel discussion on recent international incidents such as the Syrian sarin gas attacks in 2015 and the chlorine attack in 2018; the Russian invasion of Ukraine; Where rival claims as to the truth deflect attention from the tragedy experienced by civilians.
Other topics that will be discussed include: terrorism, armed conflict and permissible use of force, the ICC activation of the jurisdiction on aggression: strategic and substantive consideration and is the future of international criminal law domestic?
To learn more about the conference click below to read the programme for the event:
https://www.int-bar.org/Conferences/conf884/binary/The%20Hague%20War%20Crimes%202018%20programme.pdf
Click the following link to access the official IBA webpage about the conference:
https://www.ibanet.org/Conferences/conf884.aspx
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