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20 October 2022, 18:30-20:00
Military Briefings
US Armed Forces in Iraq
Military legal advisors play a critical function in armed forces around the world. They advise on the legality of military operations and ensure compliance with international legal standards on all aspects related to the actions of armed forces (detention, occupation etc.). Military legal advisors also train soldiers of all ranks on the laws and regulations of armed conflict, maintain military discipline, and often serve as bridges with the civilian world, through cooperation with other branches of government or academia. In their functions, they navigate a complex web of legal instruments, policies, directives, and chains of command, and have to adapt to ever-changing circumstances. Yet their role is not always easy to understand from the outside.
This Military Briefing will attempt to answer some of the questions one might have on the function and day-to-day tasks of military legal advisors and offer a glimpse into the functioning of armed forces and the specific role of law and lawyers.
Brigadier General Dan Kuwali serves in the Malawi Defence Force as Commandant of the National Defence College. He is also a former Chief of Legal Services and Judge Advocate General, and served as Division Legal Advisor in the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC).
Outside of his military assignments, Mr Kuwali is a Visiting Professor at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Lund University. He is also an Extraordinary Professor of International Law at the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria. He also served in various capacities in the Malawi University of Science and Technology, the University of Lilongwe, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, the U.S. Army War College, and the African Bar Association.
Mr Kuwali’s work and research interests span a spectrum of issues ranging from global security, policy, and strategy to international law and international relations, including international criminal law, human rights and humanitarian law.
Military Briefings are a unique series of events relating to military institutions and the law. They aim to improve our students’ knowledge of military actors and operations and build bridges between the military and civilian worlds.
News
OUP
In his new book, our Swiss IHL Chair Professor Marco Roscini dissects the principle of non-intervention – a core principle of international law and a pillar of international relations.
News
ICRC
We are excited to announce the launch of a new project consisting of the publication of a yearly global annual report assessing compliance with international humanitarian law in contemporary armed conflicts.
Project
The Rule of Law in Armed Conflicts project (RULAC) is a unique online portal that identifies and classifies all situations of armed violence that amount to an armed conflict under international humanitarian law (IHL). It is primarily a legal reference source for a broad audience, including non-specialists, interested in issues surrounding the classification of armed conflicts under IHL.
Project
ICRC
As a yearly publication, it keeps decision-makers, practitioners and scholars up-to-date with the latest trends and challenges in IHL implementation in over 100 armed conflicts worldwide – both international and non-international.
Publication
Geneva Academy ICRC
