Conference: Silent leges inter arma?

On September 20-22, 2017, the Belgian Group of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War will host a conference on "Silent leges inter arma?" in Bruges. The program is here. Here's the idea:

This conference will bring together practitioners and academics active in the field of security and defence with parliamentarians and their collaborators from a wide variety of Countries, to discuss the following topics:

• The initiative for a new multilateral treaty for mutual legal assistance and extradition for domestic prosecution of crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
• The UN Charter and the legal bases to resort to the use of force in light of contemporary security challenges
• Parliamentary oversight and democratic control over armed forces, in particular with regard to military deployments abroad and in domestic situations, including in situations of state of emergency
• Legal considerations pertaining to the use of armed forces in domestic situations in support of counter-terrorism efforts
• Targeting in complex situations
• The legal challenges in hybrid warfare
• A commentary on the ICRC commentaries on the Geneva Conventions
• The human rights of military personnel
• The Leuven Manual on International Law Applicable to Peace Operation