Law and Ethics
What is the relationship between norms and the realm of international affairs? Can it ever be morally defensible to engage in armed struggle? If so, what rules and parameters should guide the use of armed force? How are current rules grounded, and how can we critique and change them so that they contribute to peaceful relations and further the cause of justice? And, not least, how can we use ethics and law to build trustful, stable, and peaceful relations in a multicultural world? These and similar overarching questions form the foundations of the Law and Ethics research group at PRIO.
Lea K Matthaei has successfully defended her MA thesis under the On Fair Terms: The Ethics of Peace Negotiations and Mediation (FAIR) project
Lea K Matthaei has successfully defended her MA thesis under the On Fair Terms: The Ethics of Peace Negotiations and Mediation (FAIR) project, with final title: "Ethics in Peace Negotiations: Roles and Considerations According to Experts"!
Read the thesis here and kindly see the below abstract for further details.
Call to Action on Responsible Military AI
PRIO Researchers Greg Reichberg and Samar Abbas Nawaz attended a recent summit on Responsible AI in the Military domain.
Ethics of Humanitarian Action: Webinars on Syria, Afghanistan
Both the Ethics of Humanitarian Neutrality in Syria and the Red Lines for Humanitarian Aid in Afghanistan webinars were recorded and can be streamed via the seminar webpages.
New Case Brief: Trust and Fairness: Ethical Dilemmas in the Iran Nuclear (JCPOA) Negotiations
This FAIR Case Brief examines the role of threats and sanctions between the key parties and how they
impacted on trust between the various sides as
well as on perceptions of fairness in the negotiations.
Exploring Ethics-Driven Approaches to Digital Peacebuilding at Geneva Peace Week
More than 40 peace practitioners, researchers and representatives from international organizations came together on 2 November 2022 in Geneva to discuss how various ethics perspectives could help in the planning, implemention, and evaluation of digital peacebuilding interventions.
FAIR project workshop takes place in Cyprus
The PRIO project “On Fair Terms: The Ethics of Peace Negotiations and Mediation” (FAIR) organized a workshop in Cyprus in partnership with the PRIO Cyprus Centre, PRIO Middle East Centre, and the PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security, 19-21 October.
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik featured in the Bouvet Bobler podcast
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik was featured on the episode 25 of the Bouvet Bobler podcast to talk about her research under the Do No Harm: Ethical Humanitarian Innovation and Digital Bodies project.
Listen the entire episode here.
Do No Harm Project Represented at the 15th Pan-European Conference on International Relations
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik presented her findings under the Do No Harm: Ethical Humanitarian Innovation and Digital Bodies project at the roundtable titled "Humanitarian Design and Making in World Politics."
See below for further details on the session.
Case Brief on Israeli–Palestinian Disagreements over Collective Memory During the Peace Process 1993–2001
A case brief just published as part of PRIO's FAIR project examines how the Israeli–Palestinian peace process dealt with radical disagreements over collective memory. It identifies three positions taken towards this specific issue: prescriptive forgetting that avoids the past altogether, strategic forgetting that postpones dealing with it, and transitional justice that recommends addressing it head-on.
Roundtable with Hugo Slim: The Future of Humanitarian Principles - Recording Now Available
Will the principle of humanity survive the critique of anthropocentrism and a call for post-humanism?
Ethics in Peace Negotiations: Roles and Considerations According to Experts
Master Thesis
Tools of war and virtue – institutional structures as a source of ethical deskilling
Journal Article in Frontiers in Big Data
Digital Peacebuilding: A Framework for Critical–Reflexive Engagement
Journal Article in International Studies Perspectives
Border security and the digitalisation of sovereignty: insights from EU borderwork
Journal Article in European Security
Tacit engagement as a form of remote management: Risk aversity in the face of sanctions regimes
Report - External Series
At the Gates to Peace: Mediators as Gatekeepers
PRIO Policy Brief
WorldRiskReport 2022 Focus: Digital Risks in Disaster Situations
Report - External Series
Data sharing between humanitarian organisations and donors: Toward understanding and articulating responsible practice
Report - External Series
Peacekeeping operations and women’s security
Book Chapter in Handbook on Peacekeeping and International Relations
Law after July 22, 2011: Survivors, Memory and Reconstruction
PRIO Paper
Webinar on Engaging with the Taliban then and now: Lessons learned, lessons spurned?
The Challenges of Inclusive Peace Processes: The Case of Colombia
Renewing the UN's Mandate for Afghanistan Under the Taliban: Reflections and Recommendations
Terrorism Ill-Defined? Data, Health Services, and the Law
Webinar on Red lines for Humanitarian Aid in Afghanistan
Webinar on the Ethics of Humanitarian Neutrality in Syria
Humanitarian Borders & the Governance of Mobility in Europe: from 2015 to 2022
Taliban, Governance: Order and Justice under Afghanistan’s New Powerholders
The Role of Norway and the International Community in Afghanistan
The 2001 Intervention and the Current State of Terror in the World
Catering to Conflict-Affected Communities? The Trajectory and Relevance of Judicial and Non-Judicial Measures in Colombia
Critical Perspectives on Migrant Smuggling
On Fair Terms: The Ethics of Peace Negotiations and Mediation (FAIR)
Peace, Security and Global Digital Politics: ePOLITICS Initiative
Red Lines and Grey Zones: Exploring the Ethics of Humanitarian Negotiation
Revisiting the property issue
Shaping the Digital World Order: Norms and Agency along the Digital Silk Road in Southeast Asia (NORM)
Tools of war and virtue
Warring with Machines: Military Applications of Artificial Intelligence and the Relevance of Virtue Ethics
Coordinator
Kristoffer Lidén
Senior Researcher
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