The Geneva Conventions at 75: Need for Innovation
Thursday, September 26th - Friday, September 27th, 2024
Frederick K. Cox International Law Center
Co-sponsored by the American Red Cross
CLE Pending
Event Description
This symposium, which serves as the Midwest Regional Conference of the American Branch of the International Law Association, will commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Two dozen of the world's leading experts in international humanitarian law will participate as speakers and panelists. In an age of new technology and means of warfare, it will focus on whether there is a need for a new Geneva Convention for the challenges of the 21st century?
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Event Location
Thursday, Sept. 26: Cleveland Browns Stadium, Kardiac Club. Enter the stadium on the S.E. corner by the Jim Brown statue. Complementary parking is at North Coast Harbor Parking, 515 Erieside Ave, Cleveland, OH 44114. A complimentary shuttle leaves Glidden House Hotel (1901 Ford Drive, Cleveland, OH 44106) at 5:15 p.m. and returns at 9:30 p.m. Email eric.siler@case.edu to reserve your spot on the shuttle.
Friday, Sept. 27: Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44106. (Complementary parking at the attached Cleveland Botanical Garden garage)
The Keynote Lunch Speaker is John Bellinger, Co-Chair of Arnold & Porter’s Global Law and Public Policy group, who previously served as The Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State and Legal Adviser of the National Security Council.