- CPD Points: 1 [SL]
- Price: $0.00
- Area: Advocacy; Criminal Law; Human Rights Law; International Law; Litigation
- Delivered: May 2026
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- Papers (none)
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Description
As part of Law week 2026, the Society is very please to welcome back Tasmanian International Criminal Court (ICC) subject-matter experts who will deliver a session on international, legal, political and humanitarian issues and in particular the joint US-Israel war.
Trigger Warning: This will be a robust discussion that may include confronting material.
Session Outline
The joint US-Israel war on Iran represents a major threat to the rules Based International Order that has been so fundamental to the multilateral system since the end of World War II. The Panel will discuss the damage this unnecessary war has caused to the international legal framework in relation to:
- The prohibition on the resort to military force except in self-defense or with UNSC approval;
- International Humanitarian Law and the limitations on the way war is conducted;
- Impunity for atrocity despite the international legal framework for criminal accountability.
Key Takeaways
- Understanding the applicable international legal framework and some of the ways in which the US and Israel are flagrantly violating it in the war on Iran;
- Reflecting on possible implications for the future of the rules based international order;
- Identifying some possible implications for Australia in relation to the perpetration of this war.
- CPD Points: 1 [SL]
- Price: $0.00
- Area: Advocacy; Criminal Law; Human Rights Law; International Law; Litigation
- Delivered: May 2026
Digital Content
- Recording
- Papers (none)
Free Session
Download video here
Password: Vu4b#
Description
As part of Law week 2026, the Society is very please to welcome back Tasmanian International Criminal Court (ICC) subject-matter experts who will deliver a session on international, legal, political and humanitarian issues and in particular the joint US-Israel war.
Trigger Warning: This will be a robust discussion that may include confronting material.
Session Outline
The joint US-Israel war on Iran represents a major threat to the rules Based International Order that has been so fundamental to the multilateral system since the end of World War II. The Panel will discuss the damage this unnecessary war has caused to the international legal framework in relation to:
- The prohibition on the resort to military force except in self-defense or with UNSC approval;
- International Humanitarian Law and the limitations on the way war is conducted;
- Impunity for atrocity despite the international legal framework for criminal accountability.
Key Takeaways
- Understanding the applicable international legal framework and some of the ways in which the US and Israel are flagrantly violating it in the war on Iran;
- Reflecting on possible implications for the future of the rules based international order;
- Identifying some possible implications for Australia in relation to the perpetration of this war.
Prof. Timothy McCormack, Professor, University of Tasmania
About the Presenter:
Tim McCormack is a Professor of Law at the University of Tasmania. He is also a former Special Adviser on War Crimes to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague and an honorary Professorial Fellow at Melbourne Law School. He is one of the world’s leading experts in international humanitarian law – law of war.
Regina Weiss, Barrister, Old Mercury Chambers
About the Presenter:
Regina Weiss is a barrister at Old Mercury Chambers. Regina was nine years in The Hague and five years in Canberra. She is a graduate of UTAS and commenced her legal career as Associate to the Honourable Chief Justice Alan Blow. She was a Federal Prosecutor with the Commonwealth DPP in Hobart, and then moved to The Hague. From 2007 to 2016, Regina prosecuted war crimes and crimes against humanity as a trial lawyer at the International Criminal Court. In addition to trial advocacy and case preparation at the seat of the court in The Hague, Regina also worked on the ground in situation countries with witnesses and victims, predominantly in east Africa.
Dr Matt Killingsworth, Senior Lecturer, University of Tasmania
About the Presenter:
Dr Matt Killingsworth is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Tasmania currently researching the history of the laws of war and new forms of international criminal justice. He is the immediate past Chair of the Tasmanian Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Committee, and is a regular contributor to local and national media.
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