17 October 2024, 18:15-20:00
Register start 9 October 2024
Register end 17 October 2024
Military Briefings
ministère de la défense
Since the beginning of the 21st century, France has significantly increased its military interventions. Over the past years, the French armed forces and their partners have developed and tested a robust doctrine in the law of armed conflict through their operations. This doctrine has allowed for the defense of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law, while adapting them to the realities on the ground without ever compromising their essence, even in particularly complex contexts.
This Military Briefing with Joris Cuzin, Head of the Law of Armed Conflict Bureau in the Legal Affairs Department of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces, will provide an opportunity to address several key themes outlined in the recent French manual on the law of military operations. These include detention in the context of international armed conflict, the development of rules of operational engagement, and direct participation in hostilities. The presentation will then tackle future issues faced by military legal advisors, particularly in a context marked by the return of high-intensity armed conflicts and the emergence of new technologies.
Joris Cuzin, Chief Commissioner 2nd class, joined the French Commissioner Corps in 2004. Promoted to Captain Commissioner in 2008, he was deployed to Afghanistan in October 2009 as part of Task Force LA FAYETTE. In 2014, he joined the Legal Affairs Department of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces, where he was appointed Deputy Head of the Armed Conflict Bureau. After serving as an operational legal advisor on several missions, he was appointed Head of the Law of Armed Conflict Bureau in August 2022.
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.
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