Kony 2012: The Power and Possibilities of the Internet for International Law

Kony 2012: The Power and Possibilities of the Internet for International Law will be the Second Annual Roundtable of HRLC’S IHL Unit. The Roundtable will take place on Wednesday 27 November at Walton’s Hotel in Nottingham. Professor Dino Kritsiotis and Mr Sandesh Sivakumaran will be chairing the three sessions of the Roundtable.

The Roundtable will start with an overview of ‘Who is Kony?’ and the Kony 2012 video (Marlen Jakobi, Nottingham LLM student), an analysis of the human rights world’s reaction to it (Ruth Brittle, Nottingham LLM student) and an update on the situation of Kony’s child soldiers in 2013 (Simon Rau and Akaterini Katsimardou Miariti, Nottingham LLM students). Possible responses to Kony2012 will be discussed: hypothetical – such as a military response (Amy Larson), or actual – the ICC’s role in apprehending fugitives in Africa (Dr Yassin M'Boge (University of Leicester). Finally, the Roundtable will consider whether R2P has any hope to offer for the child soldiers (Catherine Gichuki, Nottingham LLM students) and whether the whole Kony 2012 experience is an example of sublimation by white noise with regard to the notion of greatest responsibility (Ms Thérèse O'Donnell (University of Strathclyde).