Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law

Program:

Day 1 - 20 February 2002
8.30 am	Registration
9.00 am	Welcome & Introduction Professor Alan Gilbert Vice-Chancellor, The University of Melbourne Honourable Justice Len Roberts-Smith RFD Acting Judge Advocate-General, Australian Defence Force Chair: Professor Michael Crommelin Dean of Law, The University of Melbourne
9.30 am	The Defence Contribution to Australian Government Policy on International and Operations Law Mr Richard Rowe Senior Legal Adviser, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Chair: Professor Tim McCormack Australian Red Cross Professor of International Humanitarian Law, The University of Melbourne Director, Asia-Pacific Centre for Military Law
10.00 am	Morning Tea
10.30 am	THEME The Use of Force Keynote Address Responses to Terror: The New "War" - Power Point Presentation - Word Document Professor Peter Rowe Law School, Lancaster University
11.30 am	Responses to the Keynote Address Colonel W Hays Parks Special Assistant for Law of War Matters to the US Army JAG Professor Tim McCormack Australian Red Cross Professor of International Humanitarian Law The University of Melbourne Director, Asia-Pacific Centre for Military Law Chair: Lieutenant Colonel Michael Kelly AM Director, Military Law Centre, The Defence Legal Service
12.30 pm	Lunch
1.30 pm	Use of Force in War Commander Dale Stephens RAN Fleet Legal Officer, Maritime Command
2.00 pm	Individual Self-Defence on Peacekeeping Operations Mr Bruce Oswald CSC Lecturer in Law, The University of Melbourne Associate Director, Asia-Pacific Centre for Military Law
2.40 pm	The Crime of Aggression - Power Point Presntation - Word Documnet Lieutenant Colonel Paul Muggleton Associate Director, Asia-Pacific Centre for Military Law Chair: Ms Alison Duxbury, Senior Lecturer in Law, The University of Melbourne Academic Staff Member, Asia-Pacific Centre for Military Law
3.20 pm	Afternoon Tea
3.50 pm	War in the Air Wing Commander Ian Henderson Staff Officer, RAAF Air Command
4.30 pm	THEME Law of Armed Conflict Training Law of Armed Conflict Training Lieutenant Colonel Michael Kelly AM Director, Military Law Centre, The Defence Legal Service Law of Armed Conflict Training in the British Army Major General Gordon Risius Director Army Legal Services, British Army Dr Thomas Gurtner Head of the ICRC Regional Delegation for the Pacific Chair: Dr Helen Durham National Manager, International Humanitarian Law, Australian Red Cross
5.40 pm	Close of Day 1
Day 2 - 21 February 2002
8.30 am	THEME East Timor: A Case Study East Timor from a non-Australian Perspective Commander Jitsiri Sukomorn Chief of Advisory Section, Judge Advocate Division, Adjutant General's Department, SCHQ Mr Alfred Boll Legal Adviser, ICRC Regional Delegation for the Pacific Chair: Group Captain Simon Harvey Director International & Operations Law
9.40 am	Peacekeeping Agreements and Arrangements Dr David Lloyd Deputy General Counsel, The Defence Legal Service East Timor Detainee Management Unit Colonel Ian Westwood Chief Judge Advocate, The Defence Legal Service East Timor Rules of Engagement Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Dunn Director of Military Justice, The Defence Legal Service Chair: Mr Bruce Oswald CSC Lecturer in Law, The University of Melbourne Associate Director, Asia-Pacific Centre for Military Law
10.50 am	Morning Tea
11.20 am	THEME Law of the Sea Law of the Sea Issues for the ADF Professor Ivan Shearer AM Challis Professor of International Law, The University of Sydney Maritime Border Protection Lieutenant Commander Cameron Moore RAN Legal Officer Navy Headquarters Chair: Professor Gillian Triggs Co-Director, Institute for Comparative and International Law, The University of Melbourne
12.30 pm	Lunch
1.30 pm	Archipelagic Sea Lanes Ms Robin Warner Assistant Secretary, Criminal Law Branch, Commonwealth Attorney General's Department Fisheries Enforcement Professor Stuart Kaye Professor of Law, James Cook University Chair: Lieutenant Colonel Paul Muggleton Associate Director, Asia-Pacific Centre for Military Law
2.50 pm	Afternoon Tea
3.20 pm	Certain Conventional Weapons Convention Professor Tim McCormack Australian Red Cross Professor of International Humanitarian Law Director, Asia-Pacific Centre for Military Law
3.50 pm	International Criminal Court Mr Geoff Skillen Criminal Law Branch, Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department Chair: Mr Robert Mathews OAM Senior Fellow, Faculty of Law, The University of Melbourne Academic Staff Member, Asia-Pacific Centre for Military Law
4.30 pm	Close of Day 2
7.00 pm for 7.45 pm	Conference Dinner Main Dining Hall, Trinity College The Notion of the Legal Regulation of Armed Conflict Rt Hon Sir Ninian Stephen, KG, AK, GCMG, GCVO, KBE Foundation Patron, Asia-Pacific Centre for Military Law Vote of thanks Honourable Justice Len Roberts-Smith RFD Acting Judge Advocate-General, Australian Defence Force
Day 3 - 22 February 2002
8.30 am	THEME Contemporary Concerns Keynote Address The Role of Legal Advice in the UNTAET Mission Major General Roger A Powell AM Former Deputy Force Commander, UNTAET Peace Keeping Force
9.30 am	Morning Tea
10.00 am	Keynote Address ADF Contribution to International and Operations Law Colonel W Hays Parks Special Assistant for Law of War Matters to the US Army JAG
11.10 am	'Pushing the Envelope': Future Challenges for Military Legal Advisers Colonel W Hays Parks Special Assistant for Law of War Matters to the US Army JAG Major General Gordon Risius Director Army Legal Services, British Army Professor Peter Rowe Law School, Lancaster University Chair: Commodore Michael Smith AM RAN Director General, The Defence Legal Service
12.30 pm	Closing Remarks Group Captain Simon Harvey Director of Operations & International Law, The Defence Legal Service Professor Tim McCormack Australian Red Cross Professor of International Humanitarian Law, The University of Melbourne Director, Asia-Pacific Centre for Military Law
12.40 pm	Lunch
Close of Conference

	22-22 February 2002 Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
	Pushing the Envelope: Australian Defence Force Contributions to the Development of International & Operations Law