1. A Discussion on Intelligence Sharing in Multinational Military Operations and Complicity under International Law. The University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre is delighted to invite you to a discussion on the international legal aspects of intelligence sharing in military operations. States regularly share intelligence with both state and non-state partners. If, for example, UK agencies were to share intelligence with another state while being aware of a risk that this intelligence could facilitate torture, would the UK violate international law in doing so? Conversely, if UK agencies were to receive intelligence that they knew may have resulted from the use of torture or from a violation of sovereignty or diplomatic law by a partner, would the receipt and subsequent use of such intelligence by the UK be unlawful? Marko Milanovic, Professor of Public International Law at the University of Nottingham and Co-Director of the Human Rights Law Centre, will be discussing the findings of his British Academy-funded research project on intelligence sharing together with Miles Jackson, Associate Professor at the University of Oxford. Sangeeta Shah, Associate Professor at the School of Law will be chairing the discussion, followed by a Q&A session. The event with take place online on Tuesday 12 October 1.30-2.45pm UK time, via MS Teams (meeting link).
2. Application for Fellowship: Berlin Potsdam Research Group “The International Rule of Law – Rise or Decline?”. The Berlin Potsdam Research Group “The International Rule of Law – Rise or Decline?” invites applications for a Fellowship in International Law, International Relations or Political Philosophy. This is a fixed-term position for a period of 12 months rcs database which may be extended by up to a further year. The fellow will work at Freie Universität Berlin and co-operate with the group’s senior researchers and participate in the academic exchange of the Research Group. The Research Group examines the role of international law in a changing global order. Applicants should have completed their PhD before joining the group and should not have pursued more than 2 years of postdoctoral research. Applicants are not required to speak German. Further details are available here.
3. New Podcast Series: Lethal Autonomous Weapons – 10 Things We Want to Know. Professor Paola Gaeta has launched a new podcast series titled Lethal Autonomous Weapons: 10 Things We Want to Know, which is part of research project based at the Graduate Institute in Geneva. In this podcast, Professor Gaeta and the members of the research team (Marta Bo, Alessandra Spadaro, and Abhimanyu George Jain) discuss with other experts the challenges and problems raised by autonomous weapons, covering issues such as the concept of autonomy in weapon systems, the compatibility of lethal autonomous weapons with the laws of war, the question of the attribution of responsibility in case of failures of autonomous weapons, whether these weapons are ethical, the respect for human rights when these weapons are used in law enforcement operations, the prospects for international treaty regulating them. The podcast is available on various streaming platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and Spotify. Episodes are released every other Wednesday.