Conference: Prisoners in War

Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War will host a conference on Prisoners in War at the University of Oxford, December 10-12, 2007. The program is here. The conference will focus on the following questions:

• How have legal and moral standards pertaining to Prisoners of War and detainees evolved over time, and under what circumstances have they changed?
• What are the specific challenges to the Geneva Conventions in contemporary conflicts?
• What legal, moral and institutional solutions can be found?