Armed Conflicts and Parties to Armed Conflicts under IHL: Confronting Legal Categories to Contemporary Realities

Summary:

Proceedings of the 10th Bruges Colloquium, which took place on 22-23 October 2009.

• Opening Remarks
• Session 1 - Categories of Armed Conflicts: Notions and Interpretations
• Session 2 - New Forms of Armed Conflicts?
• Session 3 - Armed Conflict or Other Types of Violence?
• Session 4 - Qualification Questions Related to Multinational Operations
• Panel Discussion - Future Perspectives: Is there a Need to Adapt Legal Categories to Contemporary Realities?
• Concluding Remarks and Closure

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