DIIS seminar: Forandrende normer ved hemmelighedskræmmeri – (Inter) nationale perspektiver

TID: Mandag den 16. juni kl. 14-16

STED: DIIS, Danish Institute for International Studies, Main auditorium, Gl. Kalkbrænderi Vej 51A, 2100 København Ø.

TILMELDING: Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use our online registration form no later than 13 June 2014 at 12:00 noon. Sign up

Changing Norms of Secrecy: (Inter)national Perspectives on Contemporary Security Communication

The conference is hosted by DIIS, Danish Institute for International Studies and The Center for International Law and Justice

Governments have always maintained secrecy over a broad range of activities to protect national security.

In the twenty first century context of globalization and uncertainty however, the practice of state secrecy seems to have expanded and transformed in ways that open up pressing strategic questions and challenge conventional democratic, legal, and ethical norms.

In a national context, the logics of preventive security have created an increased dependence on extensive civil participation in surveillance, intelligence and information gathering, making the issue of secrecy versus openness in relation to the national public audience a central strategic concern.

And, in the international domain, the issue of how much information to share with other states, not least in relation to the use of force, has become of crucial importance to the vitality – indeed the survival – of international legal frameworks.

Co-hosted by DIIS and the Centre for International Law and Justice, this seminar zooms in on the legal, democratic and ethical challenges which the state today must face, when making decision about secrecy versus knowledge sharing in the era of ‘preventive security’.

 

Speakers

• Alexandra Perina, International Affairs fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
• Karen Lund Petersen, CAST, University of Copenhagen
• Lars Erslev Andersen, Senior Researcher, DIIS
• Vibeke Schou Tjalve, Senior Researcher, DIIS

 

Programme

14.00-14.10: Arrival and coffee

14.10-14.20: Introduction

14.20-14.45: The Implications of Secrecy on International Law Governing the Use of Force

14.45-15.10: Secrecy and Security Communication: Strategies of Silence and Speech in the Conduct of National Intelligence

15.10-15.25: Discussant

15.25-16.00: Q&A

 

The seminar will be in English.

 

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