The Principle of Non-Intervention in Cyberspace - Not the Sharpest Tool in the Box?
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With Pia H眉sch, Moderated by Fr茅d茅ric M茅gret
香蕉视频, Faculty of Law, Room 316. Masks required.
About the talk
Visiting researcher Pia H眉sch (University of Glasgow) will present on the contemporary issue of applying the principle of non-intervention to cyberspace which forms part of her doctoral research. Her presentation will introduce the corner-stone principle of international law and its two requirements, i.e. that the interference in question must target the聽domaine r茅serv茅聽of another state and that is conducted in a coercive manner. Pia will address how these requirements can be applied to cyber operations in general and the context of foreign election interference in particular. It is argued that as long as the principle is applied restrictively, as has previously been done by the ICJ, non-intervention is indeed not the sharpest tool in the box when it comes to the regulation of low-intensity cyber operations. Instead, scholarship suggests a reconceptualization of the principle of non-intervention and focuses on the principle of sovereignty as a tool of regulation, but both alternatives come with their own challenges.
About the speaker
Pia is short-term visiting researcher at the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism in April 2022. As a doctoral researcher at the University of Glasgow, Pia focuses on the regulation of low-intensity cyber operations in international law and the principles of sovereignty and non-intervention in particular. Other areas of interest include general public international law, artificial intelligence, humanitarian law, and the relationship of law and technology. As a Graduate Teaching Assistant, Pia teaches Public International Law and also works at the聽. Pia holds an LLM in International Law and Security (with distinction) from the University of Glasgow and an LLB in European Law from Maastricht University. Her research stay is funded by the聽聽for strengthening the institutional partnership between the University of Glasgow and McGill. 聽
More information:聽聽human.rights [at] mcgill.ca
