The ILGSPD Annual Lecture 2024, titled ‘Managing Global Risks in a Deteriorating Security Environment’, was delivered by Professor Robin Geiss on the 5^th December 2024 at the University of Glasgow.

Professor Robin Geiss is the Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). He has over 20 years of experience in peace, security and international affairs. Prior to his position at UNIDIR, he served as Professor and Director of the Glasgow Centre for International Law and Security at the University of Glasgow. He was also the Swiss Chair of International Humanitarian Law at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and Visiting Professor at the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po, Paris. He served as Legal Adviser and delegate to the UN Human Rights Council for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). He is an ex officio member of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters.

Professor Geiss has published widely on international and humanitarian matters and is a former editor of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law. He has served on the advisory boards of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, the Foundation for Peace Research and on the Red Cross’ National Committee on International Humanitarian Law.