On 21 May, the International Institute of Social Studies will host the hybrid 2nd International Humanitarian Studies Association (IHSA) Annual Lecture with Judge Fergal M. Gaynor. He will talk about AI, tech and accountability in conflict crimes.
- Speaker
- Date
- Wednesday 21 May 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
- Type
- Lecture
- Spoken Language
- English
- Room
- Aula B and online via Zoom
- Location
- International Institute of Social Studies
- Ticket information
Please register to attend this event. The Zoom details will be sent in the registration confirmation email.
For the 2nd International Humanitarian Studies Association (IHSA) Annual Lecture in The Hague we are joined by Judge Fergal M. Gaynor.
He will speak about the potentially enormous change in the ways that technology, including artificial intelligence, will be used in identifying, collecting, analysing and disclosing evidence relating to crimes allegedly committed during armed conflicts. He will touch on topics including accountability for attacks on protected objects and persons, as well as the rapid change in the role that advanced technology can play in the near future in ensuring due process and accountability before international courts and tribunals.
After the lecture, several panellists from across the humanitarian sector and academia will discuss accountability and protection of humanitarians, ensuring accountability in a multi-polar world and the role of accountability within the humanitarian system in general.
Following the lecture and panel discussion, there will be time for a Q&A and networking drinks. Students, researchers, humanitarian actors and anyone interested is invited to come along!
The lecture and panel discussion will also be available to livestream online.
This event is co-organized by The Hague Humanitarian Studies Centre (IHSA) and the Legal Mobilization Platform (both based at ISS) and KUNO - the Platform for Humanitarian Knowledge Exchange in the Netherlands.
About the speaker
Fergal M. Gaynor is a renowned international jurist who is a judge at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague and is the Reserve International Co-Prosecutor at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.
Judge Gaynor formerly worked as Counsel for the Prosecution at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the Extraordinary Chambers at the Courts of Cambodia. He has also represented defendants in Ireland and victims in proceedings at the International Criminal Court.