Date: Tuesday 13 January 2026
Time: 13.00 - 14.00
Location: Neill Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin.
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Are the recent deadly attacks lawful under international and US domestic law? If they are NOT lawful orders, can US military personnel refuse to follow them? Who makes that decision? The speaker is a retired US Marine Corps lawyer who went on to teach The Law of Armed Conflict at the University of Washington in Seattle for twenty years.
Speaker: Rick Lorenz, Senior Peace Fellow with the Public International Law and Policy Group.
Discussant: Mike Becker, Assistant Professor of International Human Rights Law, Trinity College Dublin.
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