Friday, November 23, 2007

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?