REGULATING SECURITY IN CYBERSPACE

Law School, University of Granada, 4-6 June

Full Programme

Regulating Security in Cyberspace
Granada Law School, 4-6 June 2025

 

Wednesday, June 4

14:15 Acto de inauguración

  • Inmaculada Marrero Rocha, Vicerrectora de Internacionalización
  • José Luis Pérez Serrabona, Decano de la Facultad de Derecho
  • Luis M. Hinojosa Martínez, Co-Director del Congreso

 

15:00 Ponencia invitada

  • Francisco Javier Roca Rivero (Comandante del Mando Conjunto del Ciberespacio) - El Ciberespacio como nuevo campo de competición, confrontación y conflicto

Moderador: Antonio Segura Serrano (Universidad de Granada)

 

COFFEE BREAK 15:45-16:10

 

16:15 Mesa redonda: Problemas actuales sobre ciberseguridad y Derecho internacional

  • Gloria Fernández Arribas (Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla) - Los límites de las contramedidas frente a ciberinjerencias en procesos electorales en la UE
  • Raquel Regueiro Dubra (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) - El control humano significativo y el swarming letal: Más allá de los sistemas armamentísticos autónomos
  • Marta Iglesias Berlanga (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) - Ciberseguridad y resiliencia en las infraestructuras marítimas críticas de la Unión Europea

Moderador: Lucas Ruiz Díaz (Universidad de Granada)

 

18:00 Mesa redonda: Ciberseguridad en España

  • Mercedes Fuertes López (Universidad de León) - La ciberseguridad en el laberinto legislativo
  • Mª José Cervell Hortal (Universidad de Murcia) - ¿Necesita España una postura oficial sobre Derecho internacional y ciberespacio?

Moderador: Gloria Fernández Arribas (Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla)

 

 

Thursday, June 5

Joint event organized by the ESIL Interest Group on Peace and Security, the ESIL Interest Group on International Law and Technology and the University of Granada (Research Project TED2021.131610B.I00 on the Regulation of Security in Cyberspace.

 

9:00 Opening Session

  • Antonio Segura Serrano, Co-Director of the Conference
  • Stefania di Stefano, Convener of the ESIL Interest Group on International Law and Technology
  • Saeed Bagheri, Convener of the ESIL Interest Group on Peace & Security

 

9:15 Panel: Cybersecurity and International Law

  • Outi Korhonen (University of Turku) - From piecemeal issues to systemic questions in cybersecurity - a critical perspective
  • Christian Henderson (University of Sussex) - The development of norms of cyber security at the United Nations
  • Triantafyllos Kouloufakos (KU Leuven) - When the rules hamper responsibility: How the (mis)application of primary rules of international law obstructs state responsibility in cyberspace

Chair: Luis M. Hinojosa Martínez (University of Granada)

 

COFFEE BREAK 10:45-11:10 

 

11:15 Panel: Cybersecurity, Trade and Economic Sanctions

  • María Vásquez Callo-Müller (University of Lucerne) - Revisiting Unilateral Cyber Sanctions: Domestic and International Legal Frameworks
  • Iryna Bogdanova (Université du Luxembourg) - Economic sanctions in cyber diplomacy toolbox: fit for the purpose?
  • Nicolette Butler (University of Manchester) - Between Bytes and Borders: Navigating Cybersecurity in Digital Trade Agreements

Chair: Saeed Bagheri (University of Reading)

 

14:30 Panel: Cybersecurity and Defence

  • Sophie Duroy (University of Essex) - The ‘Snowden paradox’ and other lessons from the legalization of intelligence
  • Ka Lok Yip (Hamad Bin Khalifa University of Qatar) - ‘Where’s Daddy?’ Automation of Warfare as Bad Faith
  • Klaudia Szabelka (University of Glasgow) - Combatants or Civilians? Legal Classification of the IT Army of Ukraine under IHL

Chair: Irene Couzigou (University of Aberdeen)

 

COFFEE BREAK 16:00-16:25

 

16:30 Panel: Cybersecurity and Disinformation

  • Irene Couzigou (University of Aberdeen) - The Regulation of Online Content and its Limitations: The Case of Terrorist Content
  • Patricie Startlová (Charles University of Prague) - Cyber Annexation: Disinformation as a Threat to Sovereignty in the Digital Age
  • Leslie Kassongo Tambu (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) - No Longer Neutral? Social Media, Non-State Armed Groups, and Platform Accountability Under International Criminal Law

Chair: Stefania Di Stefano (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers)

 

 

Friday, June 6

9:30 Panel: Cybersecurity in the European Union

  • Ramses Wessel (University of Groningen) - Digital Diplomacy: New Technologies and EU External Relations Law
  • Yuliya Miadzvetskaya (Université Libre de Bruxelles) - Addressing cyber threats through the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy: legal appraisal
  • Matthias C. Ketteman (Universität Innsbruck) - What Democratizing Access to Cyber Incident Information Can Mean for Europe?

Chair: Ozana Olariu (University of Granada)

 

COFFEE BREAK 11:00-11:25

 

11:30 Keynote Closing Speech

  • David Kaye (University of California Irvine) - Reason for Optimism? Accountability and Constraint in the Spyware Industry

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