Detention and Captured Persons (CPERS) Course

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Detention and Captured Persons (CPERS) Course

12-16 June 2023, Sanremo (Italy)

This five day course examines current issues concerning detention in three of its phases from a range of perspectives.

Overall objectives

The Course will start by reviewing the current and emerging law relating to the legal basis and authorities to detain in armed conflict. Areas of both legal and practical concern will be examined before reviewing the direction of travel including the Copenhagen Process. The Course will then move onto to consider specific legal issues in operations where either detention is the objective, or where there may be particular additional complexities relating to detention and will conclude by considering specific legal issues concerning developments in detainee handling, transfer and assurance, and issues arising out of intelligence sharing.

Target audience

The course will operate at an unclassified level and under the Chatham House Rule using fictional scenarios to enable participants and speakers to comfortably explore these challenging questions without having to disclose real operations or have their views disclosed outside the Course. It will provide a necessary opportunity for the sharing of experience and reflection on best practice for operators, lawyers or policy makers from the Military, Government Departments or others interested in this specialised and rapidly developing area.

REGISTRATION FORM

Registration deadline:

PROGRAMME

Queries on the course registration and administrative questions should be directed to Ms Patrizia Di Pietro at patrizia@iihl.org and Ms Carolina Paizs at carolina.paizs@iihl.org.

Duration:
5 days

Language:
English

Registration fee:
€ 1.000

End of course:
Official certificate

Application Procedure

Language

Certificate

Course documentation

Participation quota amounts to €1.000. It must be remitted before the start of the course by bank transfer or, at the latest, upon arrival in cash or Euro currency cheque. Visa and/or Mastercard are also accepted either on the website or at the Institute. Officers and practitioners interested in attending this course are invited to apply by submitting the application form they can find on this webpage.

The course will be run in English and reasonable language proficiency is required. There will not be simultaneous translation.

The official Certificate will be released to participants who attend the course in full (including live and self-paced sessions).

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