We are delighted to announce that on Thursday 15 December 2022, 19.00-21.00 pm, Dr Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi will give a guest lecture on “Modern means and methods of warfare: Cyberwarfare and autonomous weapons systems”for the course “International Humanitarian Law” in the context of the 2022/23 LL.M. in International & European Law. The lecture will take place online in the following link:
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https://helsinki.zoom.us/j/69413791264?pwd=ZmRBMVdPMjB1cURhNkUyOFAzUTdVUT09
Meeting ID: 694 1379 1264
Passcode: 649477
Students and researchers are encouraged to attend! Join us.
Dr Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi is Lecturer in International Law and Security at the University of Manchester and the Public International Law / International Law & Security LLMs/MA Programme Director. Her book, Drone Programs and International Law: A Techno-Legal Machinery is forthcoming with Cambridge University Press (May 2023). Rebecca holds a PhD from the European University Institute and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales.
Rebecca’s research is situated in the emerging field of digital security law and governance. It reflects on techno-legal modes of governance and on evolving legal and policy capacity to deal with security threats, where new forms of transnational risk, risk-anticipation strategies and technology are in play. Her expertise in public international law, fundamental rights and (French and European) criminal law, allowsher to explore these techno-legal phenomena comprehensively, beyond rigid disciplinary boundaries.
Her expertise has been increasingly requested beyond academia by international organizations, investigative journalists, EU Member States’ executive representatives and MPs on current challenges to peace and security – from the use of AI for maritime security to watchlisting practices – and on the legal issues raised by the technological responses to those challenges. She is also frequently invited to give trainings to high-ranking officials on digital security infrastructures.
