Israel-Palestine and the Gaza War from an international law and human rights perspective

From the Pedro Arrupe Human Rights Institute, we are pleased to invite you to the seminar to be held on October 29, 2024, dedicated to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the Gaza war from the perspective of international law and human rights. The event will take place in the Sala Garate, and will start at 9:00 am.

We will count with the participation of prominent experts, who will address among other topics the Israeli-Palestinian issue, the attack of October 7, 2023, the humanitarian situation in Gaza, the rulings of the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. Also, the role of International Humanitarian Law, war crimes and human rights violations, the occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and the regional projection of the conflict.

Program

9:00 Presentation of the seminar

Gorka Urrutia, Director of the Pedro Arrupe Human Rights Institute.

9:15 Historical and political context

• Mariano Aguirre, Analyst of international issues. Associate Fellow at Chatham House (London) and Member of the Advisory Council of the Pedro Arrupe Human Rights Institute.
• Carmen López Alonso, Professor Emeritus of History of Thought, Complutense University of Madrid.
  10:15 Dialogue

10:45 Coffee (Cloister)

11:15 Humanitarian situation in Gaza

• Lorena Bilbao, Coordinator, Doctors Without Borders.
• Bárbara Ruiz, delegate of UNRWA Euskadi.

12:15 Dialogue

12:45 The Palestinian Question in Relation to the International Court of Justice.

• Antonio Remiro Brotons, Doctor in Law, University of Bologna. Professor of International Public Law and International Relations, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

13:15 Dialogue

13:45 Cocktail (Cloister)

12:15 Diálogo

15:00 International Humanitarian Law, War Crimes and the International Criminal Court.

• Joana Abrisketa, Professor at the Faculty of Law and researcher at the Pedro Arrupe Human Rights Institute.

15:30 Human Rights and genocide in Gaza.

• Felipe Gómez Isa, Professor at the Faculty of Law and Researcher at the Pedro Arrupe Human Rights Institute.

16:00 Final Dialogue. Challenges and implications for the future

• Felipe Gómez Isa
• Joana Abrisketa
• Mariano Aguirre
• Julen Martínez Arbulu (Deusto Students for Palestine)

17:00 End of the day

Registration

To attend the seminar it is necessary to register in advance (registration form). Places are limited, so we recommend you to register as soon as possible. The deadline for registration is October 24.