Science et droit international humanitaire:

SYMPOSIUM : PROGRAMME

Dans chaque session, interventions de 25-30 minutes, questions incluses. Discussion à la fin
Dans les parties 1 et 2 de la Table Ronde, interventions de 15 minutes. Discussion générale à la fin
Accueil le Mardi 20, 9.00-9.30. Pauses entre les sessions, avec boisssons et pâtisseries

Mardi 20 Septembre

Introduction 9.30

• Lydie Koch Miramond

Session 1. Droit international humanitaire et traités de désarmement 9.45-11.15

• Daniel Iagolnitzer Main Treaties of IHL on Methods of War and Weapons
• Francois Rivasseau Treaties on Disarmament : present situation
• Géraud de la Pradelle The political dimensions of IHL and the responsibility of citizens

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Session 2. Armes classiques (Partie 1) 11.45-12.45

• Michel Iagolnitzer Main trends in the domain of Conventional Weapon
• Jean-Paul Pocholle Recent developments in Optronics

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Session 2. Armes classiques (Partie 2) 14.00-15.30

• Xavier Pasco The Projects of Weaponization of Space
• Sylvie Brigot The contributions and limits of technology to ending the anti-personnel landmine crisis
• Armin Tenner Uranium Weapons

Session 3. Scientifiques et militaires 15.30-16.30

• Dominique Pestre A new social contract between scientists and the military during the Cold War : towards a violence scientifically managed
• Chris Langley Military Partnerships : the role of Science and Engineering in the national security agenda

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TABLE RONDE - Partie 1 : Responsabilités des scientifiques et de leurs Institutions 17.00-18.30

• Jean-Patrick Connerade (Euroscience)
• Georges Ripka (Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs)
• Annick Suzor-Weiner (Palestinian European Academic Cooperation for Education PEACE Programme, under aegis of UNESCO)
• Armin Tenner (International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility and Middle Powers Initiative)
• Edoardo Vesentini (Academia dei Lincei, Amaldi Conferences)

Mercredi 21 Septembre

Session 4. Armes nucléaires

• Georges Ripka Hiroshima-Nagasaki : a historical debate and the attitude of scientists
• Victor Gilinsky The evolution of Nuclear Arsenals since 1945, Nuclear weapons and the Scientist: what is one to do?
• Georges Le Guelte Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament

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Session 5. Armes chimiques et biologiques 11.00-12.30

• Armand Lattes Chemical Weapons in History and present situation
• Francis Gendreau The case of the Agent Orange thrown upon Vietnam during the American War
• 12.15-12.45 : Henri Korn Biological Threats : Ambiguities and Dual Aspect of the Problem
• 12.45-13.00 : discussion

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Session 6. Biosciences, neurosciences et guerre 14.00-16.00

• Jean-Claude Ameisen Ethics and Responsibility of Scientists in Life Sciences : from Bacteriological War to Neurosciences
• Steven Rose Recruiting brain and bioscience for ‘the war on terror’
• Peter Hall Torture : the antithesis of ethical medical practice
• 15.45-16.15 : Moncef Marzouki Medical experiments on human beings, the lessons of a medicine in the service of Nazism

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Session 7. Evaluation scientifique de certains aspects de la Guerre en Irak 16.30-17.30

• Les Roberts Documentation of civilian deaths in Iraq from a nationwide random household survey
• Ayse Erzan Weapons used in Iraq and their consequences on environment and populations: an account of conclusions of the World Tribunal on Iraq

TABLE RONDE - Partie 2 : Responsabilités des scientifiques et de leurs Institutions 17.30-18.30

• Genevieve Schméder The expected changes in the relationships between Science and War
• Gérard Toulouse The continuing responsibility of scientists, and some present priorities
• Discussion générale
• Conclusion