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.
Recently Published
Joint Blog Series on International Law and Armed Conflict: Urban Warfare: The Obligations of Defenders
January 26, 2019
Helen McDermott
The fifth post in our joint series hosted by the ICRC Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog, EJIL Talk! and Lawfare, and arising out of the 6th Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict, 'Urban Warfare: The Obligations of Defenders', by Aurel Sari available now over on Lawfare. Here’s a taster from Aurel's post: …
Joint Blog Series on International Law and Armed Conflict: Medical Care in Armed Conflict
January 25, 2019
Helen McDermott
The fourth post in our joint series hosted by the ICRC Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog, EJIL Talk! and Lawfare, and arising out of the 6th Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict, 'Medical Care in Armed Conflict', by Marco Sassoli is available now over on the Humanitarian Law & Policy blog (Part I…
Joint Blog Series on International Law and Armed Conflict: Better Safe Than Sorry: Transferring Detainees Safely to Coalition Partners
January 19, 2019
Helen McDermott
The third post in our joint series hosted by the ICRC Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog, EJIL Talk! and Lawfare, and arising out of the 6th Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict, "Better Safe Than Sorry: Transferring Detainees Safely to Coalition Partners" by Tilman Rodenhäuser (ICRC) is available now over on Lawfare.
Popular articles by Helen McDermott
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
Helen McDermott
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…