Prof. Philip Alston will join a panel discussion at the European University Institute with experts on “Targeted Killings and the Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles – International Law Responds,” on Tuesday, Feb 21.

The panel features:

PHILLIP ALSTON (Professor of International Law and Human Rights Law at NYU & former UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Execution)

BEN EMMERSON (UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism & Defence Counsel before the ICTY and ICC)

CHRISTOF HEYNS (UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Execution & Professor of Human Rights Law and Co-director of the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa at the University of Pretoria)

JAMES ROSS (Legal and Policy Director at Human Rights Watch)

MARTIN SCHEININ (Professor of International Law at the EUI & former UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism)

Moderator: Cornelius Wiesener (EUI)

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