The Crime of Aggression: International Justice in an Age of Drones, Cyberattacks, Insurgents, and Autocrats
La Chaire Katharine A. Pearson en soci茅t茅 civile et politiques publiques accueille , BCL/LLB-MSW'03, professeur agr茅g茅, 贵补肠耻濒迟茅 de droit, Universit茅 Queen鈥檚. Il pr茅sentera son nouvel ouvrage, The Crime of Aggression: The Quest for Justice in an Age of Drones, Cyberattacks, Insurgents, and Autocrats, un r茅cit des travaux juridiques men茅s pour adopter une loi p茅nale internationale qui demandera des comptes aux politiciens qui d茅clenchent des guerres injustes, que ce soit des invasions et des pr茅emptions, ou encore des frappes par drones et des cyberattaques.
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[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鈥檚 insider鈥檚 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鈥攁nd 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 conf茅rencier
[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鈥攊ndividual criminal responsibility for aggressive war鈥攁nd he assisted diplomatic delegations to define the crime. He has served on the International Criminal Court鈥檚 working group that drafted the crime of aggression.
Cette activit茅 est admissible pour 1,5 heures de formation continue obligatoire tel que d茅clar茅 par les membres du Barreau du Qu茅bec.
