On Wednesday 5 December 2007, Professor Barry Kellman (DePaul University College of Law) will lead a discussion meeting on the topic of "Confronting the Threat of Bioviolence" from 11 am - 12 noon.
Dr Kellman is a Professor of International Law and directs the International Weapons Control Center at the DePaul University College of Law. His work for the past decade has focused primarily on biological terrorism. He has published widely on: weapons proliferation and smuggling, the laws of armed conflict, Middle East arms control, and nuclear non proliferation, including his most recent book, Bioviolence: Preventing Biological Terror and Crime (Cambridge University Press, August, 2007).
Professor Kellman’s professional work has long been concerned with weapons of mass destruction proliferation and terrorism. He worked for ratification and implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention as lead author of the Manual for National Implementation of the CWC (1993; 2nd ed. 1998) and by testifying to the US Congress as to the constitutionality of its inspection scheme (1997).
He was commissioned by the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism to draft ‘Managing Terrorism's Consequences’ (2003) which reviewed legal authorities for responding to terror activity in the United States. He initiated and is Special Advisor to the Interpol Program on Prevention of Bio-Crimes. He served as legal adviser to the National Commission on Terrorism (2000), and was a member of the National Academies of Sciences Committee on Research Standards and Practices to Prevent the Destructive Application of Biotechnology (2003).
Professor Kellman also Chairs the ABA Committee on International Security of the Section on International Law. He works closely with the United Nations, many international and regional bodies, as well as with the United States and foreign governments. He has organised major international workshops on bioterrorism and speaks often at other conferences and symposia around the world.
This meeting will be chaired by Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for Non-Proliferation, and will take place on the Fourth Floor at Arundel House, 13-15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, London WC2R 3DX.
If you would like to attend this meeting, please RSVP Ben Rhode on rhode@iiss.org or tel. 020 7395 9175
