Conceptions of the death penalty and summary executions in war: arbitrary distinctions or specific constraints?

30 Mar 2026 1200 - 1300 BST

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A webinar presented by the IBA War Crimes Committee and the Human Rights Law Committee

This webinar will explore evidence of summary executions in war and assess why the same states responsible for summary executions still restrain themselves from formally imposing the death penalty. There are many recent reports from Russia/Ukraine, for example. Does the risk of summary executions at war increase the more that the death penalty recedes? Is there a flaw in the distinction between the two practices at a time of war?

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Certificate of Attendance

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Moderator
Michelle Lesh

Moderator
Melbourne Law School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Projects Officer, War Crimes Committee

Confirmed speakers
Richard Weir

Speaker
Human Rights Watch, Beirut, Lebanon

Matthew Goldberg

Speaker
World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Oxford, England

Sara Kowal

Speaker
Eleos Justice, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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