International law or rules-based order: what’s at stake?

The Geneva Press Club invites you to a round table discussion with :

Franz Perrez, Head of the Public International Law Directorate of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)

Charles Adams, Geneva-based lawyer, former U.S. Ambassador to Finland

Cordula Droege, Head of the International Humanitarian Law Unit at the ICRC

 

Dominic Rohners, Professor, Business School, University of Lausanne, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva IHEID

Moderator: Isabelle Falconnier, Geneva Press Club director, and Luisa Ballin, UN-accredited journalist

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International law, one of the foundations of peace, international relations and the protection of human beings, is being increasingly disregarded by states, including Western democracies, and military groups. A new, blurred and worrying system is now rife: a rules-based order. Who are the states imposing it, and why? What are the rules, values and issues that govern this new world order, which is revealing new power relations and fractures that are tearing the international community apart? Three eminent personalities will answer these questions at the Geneva Press Club: Franz Perrez, Head of the FDFA’s Directorate of Public International Law; Charles Adams, a Geneva-based lawyer and former US Ambassador to Finland; and Cordula Droege, Head of the International Humanitarian Law Unit at the ICRC.