When: 28 November 2024, 9:30-11:00
Where: Presseclub Concordia, Bankgasse 8, 1010 Vienna. In-person only.
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Speaker
Brigadier General Karl Edlinger is a retired military officer with forty-seven years' service in the Infantry Corps and the Armed Forces Legal Service. After completing a law degree at the University of Vienna, he was posted to the Austrian Ministry of Defence, responsible for administrative and military law. From 1998 to 2002 he was responsible for the legal training of senior officers at the National Defence Academy in Vienna. Starting 2008, he served as a legal adviser to commanders on different levels and as a legal expert for project teams or inquiry boards.
BrigGen Edlinger developed and conducted courses on Law of Armed Conflict at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law in Sanremo. Since 2021, he has been a guest lecturer at military academies in Rwanda, Portugal, Italy, and Greece, as well as at different institutions in North Macedonia, Serbia Türkiye, Switzerland, Ukraine, Iraq and Austria.
Background
The wars in Ukraine and in the Middle East have generated numerous analyses and opinions, using legal concepts and definitions, that were occasionally incorrect but caused political impact and formed public opinion.
What do the International Humanitarian law, and the Law of Armed Conflict regulate? Are there clear definitions? What is left for interpretation? When do these laws apply? To whom? For example, who are the war parties in Ukraine? Does the law apply if there is no declaration of war? When are civilian victims justified, from the military perspective? Which are legitimate targets in an armed conflict? Who is bound by these laws and agreements? Are they respected? What if they are violated?
These are only some sample questions.
Brigadier General Edlinger will reply to these and any other questions and doubts that participants may have.
Format, Concept and Moderation
Intorudction, short conversation with Mirjana Tomic, fjum, followed by a Q&A session.
Participants can ask question even before the assigned Q&A time.
Target audience
Professional journalists and academic researchers.
Maximum: 30 participants