From left to right: Prof. Nico Schrijver, Dr. Freya Baetens, Prof. Yoram Dinstein en Mevr. Shoshi Reshef Mor

This year the lecture was delivered by Prof. Yoram Dinstein on the topic of Preventive and interceptive self-defense in international law. Yoram Dinstein is Professor Emeritus at Tel Aviv University and author of, inter alia, The Conduct of Hostilities Under the Law of International Armed Conflict (2010), The International Law of Belligerent Occupation (2009) and War, Aggression and Self-Defence (2011).

This lecture took place in the Stichthage Building Campus The Hague on 6 February 2012. The speaker was introduced by Ms. Shoshi Reshef Mor (Legal Adviser to the Ambassador of Israël to the Netherlands) and Dr. Freya Baetens (Assistant Professor of Public International Law). The lecture was followed by an animated question & answer session, after which all attendees were invited to a reception. This event was made possible with the generous support of the Embassy of Israel.