Helen McDermott
About/Bio
Helen McDermott is an Associate Editor of EJIL:Talk! She is a Research Associate on the ERC-funded project: “The Individualisation of War: Reconfiguring the Ethics, Law, and Politics of Armed Conflict”, European University Institute, Florence, a Research Associate with the Oxford Institute of Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, and Visiting Scholar at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.
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New Issue of EJIL (Vol. 27 (2016) No. 1) – Out Next Week
April 21, 2016
Helen McDermott
The latest issue of the European Journal of International Law will be published next week. Over the next few days, we will have a series of posts by Joseph Weiler – Editor in Chief of EJIL. These posts will appear in the Editorial of the upcoming issue. Here is the Table of Contents for this new issue:…
New EJIL:Live! Joseph Weiler and Yishai Beer Discuss the Implications and Risks Involved in Revitalizing the Concept of Military Necessity
March 23, 2016
Helen McDermott
The latest EJIL: Live! episode features the Editor-in-Chief of the EJIL, Professor Joseph Weiler, speaking with Professor Yishai Beer, from the Radzyner School of Law in Israel, about his provocative and controversial article, “Humanity Considerations Cannot Reduce War’s Hazards Alone: Revitalizing the Concept of Military Necessity”, which appears in EJIL, Volume 26, Issue 4.
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The Fifth Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict: Introduction to a Joint Blog Series
September 27, 2017
Helen McDermott
Over the coming weeks, three blogs - Intercross, EJIL:Talk!, and Lawfare - will host a joint blog symposium on International Law and Armed Conflict. The series will feature posts by some of the participants at the Fifth Annual Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict, which was held at the European University Institute in Florence…
The Sixth Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict: Introduction to a Joint Blog Series
January 11, 2019
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Over the coming weeks, three blogs -the ICRC Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog, EJIL Talk! and Lawfare- will host a joint blog symposium on International Law and Armed Conflict. The series will feature posts by some of the participants at the Sixth Annual Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict, which was held at the European University Institute in Florence in…
Introducing Joint Symposium on Chatham House’s “Proportionality in the Conduct of Hostilities” Report
January 28, 2019
Helen McDermott
Editor note: This piece is cross-posted on Just Security. In December 2018, the International Law Programme at Chatham House published a report, “Proportionality in the Conduct of Hostilities: The Incidental Harm Side of the Assessment,” analysing the key steps in making assessments about proportionality under international humanitarian law, with a…