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Asymmetric Conflicts: a Challenge to International Humanitarian Law
RISQ Reviews | 06 July 2005 | Author: Stefan Kirchner

Contemporary warfare, engaging non-state actors in terrorist attacks and guerrilla tactics, demands a reassessment of the options available to enforce International Humanitarian Law.
Lecture US Supreme Court Justice A. Scalia
Agenda | 09 September 2004
Lecture "A Supreme Court Justices view on the Netherlands" by Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court Justice. Moderated by Arthur Doctors van Leeuwen.

9 Sep. 2004, 8 p.m., Aula van de Universiteit Amsterdam.
Debate 'Divided Nations'
Agenda | 09 October 2003
Thursday October 9th 2003 | 20.00 to 22.00 Rode Hoed Amsterdam (www.rodehoed.nl, see under 'programme)

Debate organised by The Economist on the role and mandate of the United Nations with Jan Pronk, Linda Polman, Mats Berdal (UK) and Mark Falcoff (US).
Who's afraid of the US?
Agenda | 20 June 2003

Tuesday, 1st July 2003 (19:30) | ABC Treehouse, Voetboogstraat 11, Amsterdam

Just ActThe US is consolidating the Pax Americana. It defends its homeland security and its global interests by using unparalleled economic and pre-emptive military force. Global public opinion is sceptical of US unilateralism. Both the world justice and the world peace movements flourish in their diversity and level of activism.’

JUST ACT invites you to a DEBATE with American expatriates.

General Assembly: Uniting for Peace
RISQ Reviews | 20 March 2003 | Author: Joost Smiers

With the Security Council ending up in paralysis, war seemed to be inevitable. Is there no way to peace other than waiting on the bloody defeat of the Iraqi people? I think there remains one extremely important alternative that could just pave the way to peace, although hardly anyone appears to be thinking about it:  the United Nations General Assembly itself.
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