Hin-Yan Liu Associate Professor Centre for international law, Conflict and Crisis Postal address: Karen Blixens Plads 16, 2300 København S, Søndre Campus 6A-4-16 Email: hin-yan.liu@jur.ku.dk Phone: +45 35 33 76 96 Short presentation Dr Hin-Yan Liu joined the Faculty of Law as an Associate Professor in 2015. Before coming to Copenhagen, he was first a Max Weber Fellow and subsequently a Research Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, concurrently holding a permanent appointment at New York University in Florence. He had previously held academic positions at King s College London and the University of Westminster, and has visited the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiberg on a Max Planck Society Scholarship. His doctoral work at King s College London was supported by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, King s College London and the Government of Alberta. Controversially arguing that ordinary legal processes were at the source of the impunity enjoyed by the modern private military company, his thesis was passed without amendments and has been adapted into a monography to be published by Hart in September 2015. He was awarded his LL.M. in Human Rights Law by University College London with distinction, and also holds degrees in law and psychology. Dr Liu s research interests lie at the margins of the international humanitarian and human rights law. Recently, he has turned his attention to the legal challenges raised by the prospect of autonomous weapons systems and was a member of the Steering Committee of a project on this topic led by the Academy of European Law at the European University Institute. In this role, he helped to secure conference funding from the Fritz Thyssen Foundation for a high profile conference and is a co-editor of the subsequent volume to be published by Cambridge University Press. He is currently working on a monograph on the legal responses to autonomous weapons systems to be published also by Hart. Qualifications LLB (Hons.) City University London United Kingdom 26 Jun 2007 PhD King's College London United Kingdom 1 Nov 2012 LLM (Distinction) University College London United Kingdom 1 Nov 2008 BA (Psychology) University of Alberta Canada 10 Jun 2005 Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Publications Legal Responses to Autonomous Weapons Systems Liu, H-Y. Jun 2018 Hart Publishing Pty Ltd. Structural Discrimination and Autonomous Vehicles: Immunity Devices, Trump Cards and Crash Optimisation Liu, H-Y. Oct 2016 What Social Robots Can and Should Do. 2016: IOS Press, 10 p. Contract Law as Cover: Curtailing the Scope of Private Military and Security Contractor Responsibilities Liu, H-Y. Jul 2016 The Routledge Research Companion to Outsourcing Security. Berndtsson, J. & Kinsey, C. (eds.). New York: Routledge, Ch. 12, p. 130-147 17 p. (Routledge Handbooks).
Refining Responsibility: Differentiating Two Types of Responsibility Issues Raised by Autonomous Weapons Systems Liu, H-Y. 2016 Autonomous Weapons Systems: Law, Ethics, Policy. Bhuta, N., Beck, S., Geiss, R., Liu, H-Y. & Kress, C. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Defense and Military Policy: Autonomous Weapons Systems Liu, H-Y. Nov 2015 Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy. Bearfield, D. A. & Dubnick, M. J. (eds.). 3. ed. New York: Taylor & Francis, p. 833-838 6 p. Law s Impunity: Responsibility and the Modern Private Military Company Liu, H-Y. Sep 2015 Oxford: Hart Publishing Pty Ltd. 400 p. Review of Peace And Justice At The International Criminal Court: A Court of Last Resort by Errol P. Mendes (Edward Elgar Publishing 2010) Liu, H-Y. 2013 In : Asian Journal of Criminology. 8, 3, p. 227-230 Targeted Killing, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and EU Policy Liu, H-Y. & Bhuta, N. 2013 European University Institute. Categorization and Legality of Autonomous and Remote Weapons Systems Liu, H-Y. Jun 2012 In : International Review of the Red Cross. 96, 886, p. 627-652 Restricting the Public Display of Religious Symbols by the State on the Grounds of Hate Speech? Liu, H-Y. 2012 The Lautsi Papers: Multidisciplinary Reflections on Religious Symbols in the Public School Classroom. Temperman, J. (ed.). Martinus Nijhoff, p. 383-412 Review of State Control over Private Military and Security Companies in Armed Conflict by Hannah Tonkin (CUP 2011) Liu, H-Y. 2012 In : Journal of Conflict and Security Law. 17, 1, p. 178-182 Teaching without Authority Liu, H-Y. 2012 In : The Law Teacher. 46, 2, p. 146-164 Mercenaries in Libya: Ramifications of the Treatment of Armed Mercenary Personnel under the Arms Embargo for Private Military Company Contractors Liu, H-Y. 2011 In : Journal of Conflict and Security Law. 16, 2, p. 293-319 Review of War by Contract: Human Rights, Humanitarian Law and Private Contractors edited by Francesco Francioni and Natalino Ronzitti (OUP 2011) Liu, H-Y. 2011 In : King s Law Journal. 22, 3, p. 431-435 The Meaning of Religious Symbols after the Grand Chamber Judgment in Lautsi v. Italy Liu, H-Y. 2011 In : Religion and Human Rights. 6, 3, p. 253-257 Constitutional Entrenchment: Questions of Legal Possibility and Moral Desirability in the United Kingdom Liu, H-Y. 2010 In : City University of Hong Kong Law Review. 2, 1, p. 193-201 Leashing the Corporate Dogs of War: The Legal Implications of the Modern Private Military Company Liu, H-Y. 2010 In : Journal of Conflict and Security Law. 15, 1, p. 141-168 Pornography as Protected Speech?: The Margins of Constitutional Protection Liu, H-Y. 2009 In : UCL Human Rights Review. 2, p. 223-239 The Constitutional Right to Express Hatred: A Comparative Analysis Liu, H-Y. 2009 In : King's Student Law Review. 1, 1, p. 5-21
Activities Reviewer: Cambridge University Press 2015 Autonomous Military Technologies 24 Feb 2014-25 Feb 2014, Autonomous Military Technologies We Robot 2014 4 Apr 2014-5 Apr 2014, We Robot 2014 Autonomous Weapons Systems Law, Ethics, Policy 24 Apr 2014-25 Apr 2014, Autonomous Weapons Systems Law, Ethics, Policy Transatlantic Dialogue on Surveillance Methods 18 Dec 2014-19 Dec 2014, Transatlantic Dialogue on Surveillance Methods Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies 2014 The Boundaries of the Battlefield 10 Jan 2013-11 Jan 2013, The Boundaries of the Battlefield Targeted Killing, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and EU Policy 22 Feb 2013, Targeted Killing, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and EU Policy United Nations Expert Meeting 23 Feb 2013, United Nations Expert Meeting Law and Policy for Autonomous Weapons Systems
6 Mar 2013, Law and Policy for Autonomous Weapons Systems SURVEILLE (Surveillance: Ethical Issues, Legal Limitations, and Efficiency) 9 Mar 2013-10 Mar 2013, SURVEILLE (Surveillance: Ethical Issues, Legal Limitations, and Efficiency) Kiobel, Universal Civil Jurisdiction and the Liability of Corporations in International Law 31 May 2013, Kiobel, Universal Civil Jurisdiction and the Liability of Corporations in International Law The Anatomy of EU Foreign Policy 10 Oct 2012-12 Oct 2012, The Anatomy of EU Foreign Policy International Law Research 2012 Reviewer: Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies 2012-2015 Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinkers Broadcast Media Workshop 8 Jul 2011, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinkers Broadcast Media Workshop The Law, the Universe and Everything 16 Nov 2011, The Law, the Universe and Everything Beyond Blackwater 17 Nov 2011-18 Nov 2011, Beyond Blackwater Canadian Journal of Human Rights 2011 SOAS and LSE Third Annual International Law Colloquium 16 Jan 2010-17 Jan 2010
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