International Humanitarian Law in Practice

Location: Room 3-09, Fordham Law School, 150 W. 62nd St. New York, NY 10023
Contact: Zach Hudson | zhudson1@law.fordham.edu

Speaker: Lieutenant Colonel Steven Gariepy, Assistant Professor, U.S. Military Academy at West Point

What role does law have in governing the use of military force? How has the U.S. sought to mitigate civilian casualties in combat environments? Lieutenant Colonel Steven Gariepy, Assistant Professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, will discuss these and other issues, drawing on his experiences in Afghanistan for a first-hand account of the way in which the U.S. and its NATO allies have sought to address the legal and humanitarian challenges associated with military action.

Lieutenant Colonel Steven Gariepy is an Assistant Professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he teaches constitutional and military law. He currently serves in the United States Army Judge Advocate Generals Corps, and was previously deployed in Afghanistan. He received his JD from Duquesne University School of Law and his LLM in International Law from Columbia.