Symposium - The Global Arms Race and Armed Conflict

9:00-10:15 CET

PANEL 1 Militarisation, Arms Governance and Development 

From Prohibition to Protection: Disarmament Treaties as Instruments of Human Rights Enforcement

Lorena Gabriela Nioțiu (Transilvania University of Brașov)

Beyond the Battlefield: Socioeconomic Rights in EU Arms-Export Risk Assessments

Ondřej Svoboda (Charles University)

Defence Spending and the Constitutional Promise of Basic Needs in South Asia

Varun Chhachhar (University of Lucknow)

Security Expenditure and the Right to Development: A Framework for Developmentally Accountable Governance in Asia

Tooba Khurshid (Independent Scholar)

10:30-12:00 CET

PANEL 2  Human Rights in Everyday Life Beyond the Battlefield

Denial of Consular Services to Fugitives: Towards a De Facto Statelessness?

Alexey Ilin (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

Beyond the Battlefield: Corporate Withdrawal, Sanctions, and Access to Digital Services in Russia

Roman Kusaiko (Independent Scholar)

Sanctions, Sovereignty and Socio-Economic Rights in Myanmar and Afghanistan

Shobhit Pratap Singh (University of Lucknow)

Beyond the Battlefield: Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights of the Rohingya Women

Manjida Ahamed (Middle Sex University)

Water in Abeyance: The Weaponisation of the Indus Waters Treaty

Indira Boutier (Glasgow Caledonian University)

12:00-13:00 CET

Break

13:00-14:15 CET

PANEL 3 Cascading and Transboundary Consequences of Armed Conflict 

The Strait of Hormuz Effect: Reconceptualising Civilian Harm Amidst the Weaponisation of Global Supply Chains

Nfor N. Nde Nyambi (Villa College, Maldives)

When War Travels: The Human Rights Afterlife of Energy Warfare and Collateral Developmental Harm in the Global South

Towhidul Islam (University of Dhaka) and Abdul Awal (Green University of Bangladesh)

War Without Weapons: Indirect Deprivation and the Protection of Socio-Economic Rights in Armed Conflict

Bushra Khan (University of Dubai)

Food and Water 'For All'? Non-Citizens and Conflict-Driven Emergencies under the Arab Charter on Human Rights

Hajer Almanea (King Saud University)

14:15-15:30 CET

PANEL 4  Accountability, Enforcement and Institutional Responses 

Transitional Justice and the Bangsamoro Armed Conflict: Wrestling with Legacies of State Violence and Human Rights Violations

Armi Beatriz E. Bayot (University of Oxford)

From Dialogue to Mediation: India’s Emerging Role in Human Rights-Centred Peaceful Settlement of Armed Conflicts

Prabhpreet Singh (Mahindra University)

International Law and the Use of Countermeasures

Daniel Carson (Royal Navy/University of Strathclyde)

Business and Human Rights, Conflict and the Climate: The Case for Accounting for Arms Trade Emissions

Stephanie Triefus and Marianna Peroni (T.M.C. Asser Institute)