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The Lieber Society and the ICRC Present a Discussion on the Updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention

Venue: Virtual. The updated ICRC Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention was launched in June 2020. To mark the publication of the updated ICRC Commentary, this webinar, co-hosted by the ICRC and ASIL's Lieber Society on the Law of Armed Conflict, will discuss the contemporary interpretations and application of the Third Geneva Convention and highlight specific provisions and the practical utility of the updated Commentary. Speakers include: Cordula DroegeHead of the Legal Division and Chief Legal Officer, ICRC;Tess BridgemanSenior Fellow and Visiting Scholar at NYU Law School's Reiss Center on Law and SecuritySean WattsProfessor and Co-Director at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Lieber Institute for Law and Land Warfare (and contributor to the updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention); and moderator Michael W. MeierSpecial Assistant to the Army Judge Advocate General for Law of War Matters, U.S. Army. For more information and to register, please consult the following link: https://www.asil.org/event/lieber-society-and-icrc-present-discussion-updated-commentary-third-geneva-convention.