What are differences and similarities between Islamic Law and International Humanitarian Law (the law applicable during armed conflict)? Arabist and Lawyer Maurits Berger will share his views. Come and join the discussion!

About the Speaker

Prof.dr. Maurits Berger, LLM (1964) is a lawyer and Arabist. He holds the chair of Islam and the West at Leiden University Centre for the Study of Religion (LUCSoR), and is a senior research associate with the Clingendael Institute for International Relations in The Hague. He has worked as a lawyer in Amsterdam, and as a researcher and journalist in Cairo and Damascus. His fields of research include Islamic law, political Islam and freedom of religion. The relation between law and religion is a special interest.Professor Berger is frequently invited for consultations and presentations at (inter)national forums. He acts as an expert for media and writes regularly for newspapers.

About this Program

The HILAC lecture is organized by the T.M.C. Asser Instituut, the Amsterdam Centre for International Law en The Dutch Red Cross to bring together all those interested in the field of international humanitarian law.