All Eyes On International Law: Frontline Perspectives + Discussion
A live expert & practitioners conversation on whether international humanitarian law can keep pace with the unmanned systems age — and what needs to change to protect the people caught between mission and survival.
Modern warfare has outrun its legal framework. FPV drones and autonomous systems have brought the battlefield to aid workers, journalists, and mobile investigative teams in ways that artillery and missiles never did. Yet the rules designed to protect these frontline civilians were written for a different era — and in some cases, they now leave those same people exposed to criminal prosecution simply for trying to stay alive.
We'll discuss:
Why the new generation of drone warfare doesn't fit existing IHL frameworks — and what the gaps mean in practice
How journalists and aid workers are being targeted by FPV and other drone types while being legally prohibited from protecting themselves
Whether the international criminal justice system is adapting fast enough — and what meaningful reform could look like
The tension between humanitarian law limitations and the duty of care organisations owe their people in the field
What a viable legal and operational framework for civilian protection in the drone era should look like
Speakers (more soon):
Inna Berezkina — Moderator, Head of programmes at School of Civic Education
Nigel Povoas — Leading international lawyer and King’s Counsel; Specialist in the investigation and prosecution of atrocity crimes and first tier transnational organised crime & terrorism.
Ilya Nuzov — International Humanitarian Law expert, Head of Eastern Europe and Central Asia Desk for the International Federation for Human Rights
Andriy Dubchak — War Reporter, Founder, Frontliner Media
The event is being organised by Daily Humanity with the support of the School of Civic Education and Austausch e.V.
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