The final webinar in the series explores the roles and motivation of foreign fighters joining the ranks of parties to the conflict in Ukraine. The webinar discusses the perspective of the home State of foreign fighters and various approaches of home States to their citizens travelling to Ukraine for combat purposes as well as the perspective of reintegration after the conflict and radicalization threats. Finally, the webinar approaches the theme of foreign fighters in Ukraine from the legal perspective to analyse the legal status of these fighters and their responsibility under domestic and international laws for conduct related to hostilities in Ukraine.
Speakers:
■ Teun van Dongen, Programme Lead, Current and Emerging Threats at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism
■ Egle E. Murauskaite, Senior Researcher & Simulation Designer for the ICONS Project with the University of Maryland
■ Petra Ditrichová Ochmannová, Legal Advisor at the International Law Department, Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
Moderator:
■ Rastislav Šutek, Executive Director at Platform for Peace and Humanity