This seminar will be held online on Zoom. You can register here.

‍

About the book

The book examines the legal parameters of cyber dispute settlement; explores critical questions about the role of dispute settlement institutions and methods; and identifies and addresses related challenges. The book begins by considering the legal definition of a cyber dispute and the scope of the good faith obligation of states in settling their cyber disputes peacefully. It then examines the role of certain institutions (International Court of Justice, national courts, the EU, the Security Council) and methods (judicial, diplomatic, countermeasures, arbitration, conciliation, fact-finding) in the settlement of cyber disputes. It also discusses how data disputes can be settled and whether new and specialised mechanisms are needed.

‍

About the speakers

Nicholas Tsagourias is Professor of International Law at the University of Sheffield, Visiting Professor of International Law at the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po; and Senior Fellow at the Lieber Institute, West Point Academy.  His teaching and research interests are in the fields of international law and the use of force, international humanitarian law, international criminal law, and cybersecurity. He is widely published in these fields. Among his recent publications are the books The Peaceful Settlement of Inter-State Cyber Disputes (Hart, 2024); Research Handbook on International Law and Cyberspace (2nd ed. Elgar, 2021);  Regulating the Use of Force: Stability and Change (Elgar, 2021). He is  Co-EIC of the Journal of Conflict and Security Law (OUP) and member of the drafting c/tee of The West Point Manual on the International Law applicable to Artificial Intelligence in War.

Russell Buchan is Professor of International Law at the University of Reading, United Kingdom, and Senior Fellow at West Point Military Academy in the United States. Professor Buchan has published widely in the field of public international law, including three monographs: International Law and the Construction of the Liberal Peace (Hart, 2013) (which won the American Society of International Law’s 2014 Francis Lieber prize for an ‘exceptional published work in the field of the law of armed conflict’), Cyber Espionage and International Law (Hart, 2018), and (with Nicholas Tsagourias), Regulating the Use of Force in International Law: Stability and Change (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021). He is also the co-editor of a number of edited collections and author or co-author of multiple book chapters and articles.