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The Crime of Aggression: International Justice in an Age of Drones, Cyberattacks, Insurgents, and Autocrats

Vendredi, 18 octobre, 2019 13:00à14:30
Pavillon Chancellor-Day NCDH 316, 3644, rue Peel, Montréal, QC, H3A 1W9, CA

La Chaire Katharine A. Pearson en société civile et politiques publiques accueille Noah Weisbord, BCL/LLB-MSW'03, professeur agrégé, Faculté de droit, Université Queen’s. Il présentera son nouvel ouvrage, The Crime of Aggression: The Quest for Justice in an Age of Drones, Cyberattacks, Insurgents, and Autocrats, un récit des travaux juridiques menés pour adopter une loi pénale internationale qui demandera des comptes aux politiciens qui déclenchent des guerres injustes, que ce soit des invasions et des préemptions, ou encore des frappes par drones et des cyberattaques.

Résumé

[En anglais seulement] Noah Weisbord, author of The Crime of Aggression: The Quest for Justice in an Age of Drones, Cyberattacks, Insurgents, and Autocrats (Princeton UP, June 2019), will provide a behind-the-scenes account of the dramatic legal fight to hold leaders personally responsible for aggressive war. On July 17, 2018, starting an unjust war became a prosecutable international crime alongside genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. Instead of collective state responsibility, our leaders are now personally subject to indictment for crimes of aggression, from is.

This lecture is Weisbord’s insider’s account of the legal fight to enact this historic legislation and hold politicians accountable for the wars they start. He will shed light on the motivations of the prosecutors, diplomats, and military strategists who championed the fledgling prohibition on unjust war—and those who tried to sink it. The power to try leaders for unjust war holds untold promise for the international order, but also great risk. Weisbord will argue that in an age of drones, cyberattacks, insurgents, and autocrats, leadership responsibility for illegal war is more crucial than ever.

Le conférencier

[En anglais seulement] Noah Weisbord is an Associate Professor at Queen's Law. His research focuses on the role of the criminal law in managing, reflecting or exacerbating intergroup conflict. A current project examines self-defence in Canadian criminal law from historical, comparative, and conceptual perspectives. Noah is a leading expert on the crime of aggression—individual criminal responsibility for aggressive war—and he assisted diplomatic delegations to define the crime. He has served on the International Criminal Court’s working group that drafted the crime of aggression.

Cette activité est admissible pour 1,5 heures de formation continue obligatoire tel que déclaré par les membres du Barreau du Québec.

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