Chris O’Meara – Reconceptualising the Right of Self-Defence against ‘Imminent’ Armed Attacks
As part of the Exeter Centre for International Law’s Working Paper Series, Dr Chris O’Meara’s latest paper discusses the legality under international law of self-defence by states in response to ‘imminent’ armed attacks. The paper examines scholarship and state practice that indicate that imminence may be viewed as comprising several contextual indicators that determine whether states may have recourse to self-defence. This conception of imminence raises fears of an overly expansive right of self-defence, which the paper seeks to mitigate. The paper is forthcoming in The Journal of the Use of Force and International Law.
Professor Richard Moorhead has recently been featured in two articles by notable news organisations. In The Economist’s Why is London so attractive to tainted foreign money?, Moorhead weighs in on the ethical concerns of lawyers prioritising short-term financial performance over their duties to the court. While in The Times’ Lawyers told that they must stop hiding behind privilege (paywall), Moorhead comments on discussions around the ethics of lawyers exposing wrongdoings in response to the Post Office Scandal.
“You can read more about Richard and the team’s work on the Post Office Scandal here. Their submissions were influential in widening Sir Wynn Williams’ Inquiry into the PO Scandal.
Dr Mathilde Pavis was invited to be a guest on the BBC Radio 4 show Front Row, to discuss some of the questions raised by the use of AI to enhance, extend, and replace human actors. Mathilde was joined by Paul Fleming, General Secretary of Equity and Dr David Leslie, Director of Ethics and Responsible Innovation at the Alan Turing Institute in the wake of the Stop AI Stealing the Show campaign as artificial intelligence becomes more prevalent across the entertainment industry. A full recording of the programme can be found by following the link above.