Tim McCormack presents at Humanities and Technology Conference in Newport

The Humanities and Technology Association conducted its 37th Annual Conference at the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island from 5-7 November 2015. The Conference theme was ‘Morality and Creativity in a Technological Age’ and Tim McCormack presented a paper entitled ‘Legal Considerations for Autonomous Systems’. … Read more

Natalia Jevglevskaja conducts interviews in Ottawa and in the Pentagon

Natalia Jevglevskaja and Tim McCormack have interviewed officials from the Canadian Armed Forces in Ottawa and from the US Department of Defense in the Pentagon about how the respective states conduct their national weapons reviews. The interviews form part of Natalia’s field work for her PhD and officials in both states were most helpful.

Chris Jenks and Tim McCormack at Cyber Security Symposium in Dallas

Chris Jenks and Tim McCormack both participated in the Southern Methodist University Science and Technology Law Review’s Cyber Security Symposium in Dallas, Texas on 23 October. Chris moderated the Panel on ‘The Global Threat of Cyber Crime’ and Tim spoke on the subject of ‘The Tallinn Manual on the Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare’. Tim’s … Read more

Tim McCormack on Tallinn 2.0

Tim McCormack was in Tallinn from 5-9 October for the 2nd meeting of the International Group of Experts drafting the 2nd volume of the Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare (Tallinn 2.0). Work progressed on a number of topics and the experts were satisfied with the progress they achieved. The intention … Read more

Tim McFarland visits Naval War College and National Defense University

Tim McFarland visited two military educational institutions in the United States to conduct fieldwork for his PhD research. At the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, he gave two presentations on ‘How Should Lawyers Think About Weapon Autonomy?’, discussing the ways in which weapon systems with a capacity for autonomous operation raise novel questions … Read more

Rain Liivoja presents at the 2015 International Symposium on Security and Military Law

At the kind invitation of the Office of the Judge Advocate General, Republic of Korea Army, Rain Liivoja once again visited Seoul and on this delivered a presentation on The Right to Privacy and the Right to Bodily Integrity in Military Medical Care at the 2015 International Symposium on Security and Military Law, which was held from 16 … Read more

Rain Liivoja gives talks in Helsinki and Stockholm

In connection with a research visit to the University of Helsinki, Rain Liivoja gave a presentation titled New Technologies of Warfare: Can International Law Keep Up? at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs on 2 September and a talk on Bioenhanced Soldiers and the Prohibition of Unnecessary Suffering at the Swedish National Defence University on 9 September. PREMT is grateful to both … Read more

Tim McCormack receives Award for Outstanding Research Higher Degree Supervision

Tim McCormack has been selected as the recipient of this University of Melbourne-wide award recognising excellence in the supervision of research higher degree candidates. Award recipients are acknowledged for their outstanding achievements across the various dimensions of excellence in supervision: the extent and range of their supervision activities; the positive outcomes for their students; their … Read more