Ken Watkin, the Glossary
Brigadier General Kenneth "Ken" Watkin, (born 1954) is a Canadian lawyer, soldier and jurist.[1]
Table of Contents
45 relations: American Journal of International Law, Amos Horev, Bachelor of Laws, Bar-Ilan University, Beledweyne, Blockade, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brigadier general, Canadian Afghan detainee issue, Canadian Airborne Regiment, Canadian Armed Forces, Canadian Army Journal, Canadian Forces' Decoration, Canadians, Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada, Court-martial, David Trimble, First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, Gaza flotilla raid, Harvard Law School, Human rights, International humanitarian law, International law, Jacob Turkel, Jerry S.T. Pitzul, Judge Advocate General (Canada), King's Counsel, Kingston, Ontario, Law of war, Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational Institute, Master of Laws, Michel Gauthier, MV Mavi Marmara, Northern Ireland, Order of Military Merit (Canada), Osgoode Hall Law School, Queen's University at Kingston, Rick Hillier, Royal Military College of Canada, Rwandan genocide, Shabtai Rosenne, Somalia affair, Supreme Court of Israel, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Turkel Commission.
- Charles H. Stockton Professors of International Law
- Royal Canadian Regiment officers
American Journal of International Law
The American Journal of International Law is an English-language scholarly journal focusing on international law and international relations.
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Amos Horev
Amos Horev (עמוס חורב; né Sochaczewer; born 30 June 1924) is an Israeli military official and expert.
Bachelor of Laws
A Bachelor of Laws (Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners.
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Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University (BIU, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, Universitat Bar-Ilan) is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel.
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Beledweyne
Beledweyne (Beledweyne, بلد وين, Belet Uen) is a city in central Somalia.
Blockade
A blockade is the act of actively preventing a country or region from receiving or sending out food, supplies, weapons, or communications, and sometimes people, by military force.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Босна и Херцеговина), sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe, situated on the Balkan Peninsula.
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Brigadier general
Brigadier general or brigade general is a military rank used in many countries.
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Canadian Afghan detainee issue
The Canadian Afghan detainee issue concerns Government of Canada or the Canadian Forces (CF) knowledge of abusive treatment of detainees in Afghanistan.
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Canadian Airborne Regiment
The Canadian Airborne Regiment (Régiment aéroporté canadien) was a Canadian Forces formation created on April 8, 1968.
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Canadian Armed Forces
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF; Forces armées canadiennes, FAC) are the unified military forces of Canada, including land, sea, and air commands referred to as the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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Canadian Army Journal
The Canadian Army Journal (Le Journal de l’Armée du Canada) abbreviated as CAJ (French: JAC), is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Canadian Army in English and French.
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Canadian Forces' Decoration
The Canadian Forces' Decoration (post-nominal letters "CD") is a Canadian award bestowed upon members of the Canadian Armed Forces who have completed twelve years of military service, with certain conditions.
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Canadians
Canadians (Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada.
Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada
The Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada (CMAC) (Cour d'appel de la cour martiale du Canada) hears appeals from Courts-martial of Canada ("courts martial").
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Court-martial
A court-martial or court martial (plural courts-martial or courts martial, as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court.
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David Trimble
William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, (15 October 1944 – 25 July 2022) was a Northern Irish politician who was the inaugural First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002, and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 1995 to 2005.
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First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
The First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland are the joint heads of government of Northern Ireland, leading the Northern Ireland Executive and with overall responsibility for the running of the Executive Office.
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Gaza flotilla raid
The Gaza flotilla raid was a military operation by Israel against six civilian ships of the "Gaza Freedom Flotilla" on 31 May 2010 in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School (HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Human rights
Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,.
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International humanitarian law
International humanitarian law (IHL), also referred to as the laws of armed conflict, is the law that regulates the conduct of war (jus in bello).
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International law
International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards that states and other actors feel an obligation to obey in their mutual relations and generally do obey.
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Jacob Turkel
Jacob Turkel (יעקב טירקל; 24 March 1935 – 29 May 2023) was an Israeli judge who was a Supreme Court of Israel Justice.
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Jerry S.T. Pitzul
Major-General Jerry S.T. Pitzul,, was the Judge-Advocate-General for the Canadian Forces at National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario from 1998 to 2006. Ken Watkin and Jerry S.T. Pitzul are Canadian King's Counsel, Canadian generals and Royal Military College of Canada alumni.
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Judge Advocate General (Canada)
The judge advocate general of the Canadian Forces (JAG) is the senior legal officer who superintends the administration of military justice in the Canadian Armed Forces, and provides legal advice on military matters to the governor general, the minister of national defence, the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces.
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King's Counsel
In the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth realms, a King's Counsel (post-nominal initials KC) is a lawyer appointed by the state as a senior advocate or barrister with a high degree of skill and experience in the law.
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Kingston, Ontario
Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the northeastern end of Lake Ontario.
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Law of war
The law of war is a component of international law that regulates the conditions for initiating war (jus ad bellum) and the conduct of hostilities (jus in bello).
Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational Institute
Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational Institute (LCVI) is a secondary school (high school) located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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Master of Laws
A Master of Laws (M.L. or LL.M.; Latin: Magister Legum or Legum Magister) is an advanced postgraduate academic degree, pursued by those either holding an undergraduate academic law degree, a professional law degree, or an undergraduate degree in a related subject.
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Michel Gauthier
Michel Gauthier (February 18, 1950 – May 30, 2020) was a Canadian politician, who served as leader of the Bloc Québécois from 1996 to 1997.
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MV Mavi Marmara
MV Mavi Marmara is a Comoros-flagged passenger ship, which was formerly owned and operated by İDO Istanbul Fast Ferries Co. Inc. on the line Sarayburnu, Istanbul-Marmara Island-Avşa Island in the Sea of Marmara. Built at the Golden Gate Shipyard by Turkish Shipbuilding Co. in 1994, the ship has a capacity of 1,080 passengers.
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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region.
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Order of Military Merit (Canada)
The Order of Military Merit (Ordre du mérite militaire) is a military honour for merit that is, within the Canadian system of honours, the second highest order administered by the Governor in Council on behalf of the Canadian monarch.
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Osgoode Hall Law School
Osgoode Hall Law School, commonly shortened to Osgoode, is the law school of York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Queen's University at Kingston
Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario), commonly known as Queen's University or simply Queen's, is a public research university in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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Rick Hillier
Rick J. Hillier (born June 30, 1955) is a retired Canadian Forces general, who served as the chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) from 4 February 2005 to 1 July 2008. Ken Watkin and Rick Hillier are Canadian generals.
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Royal Military College of Canada
The Royal Military College of Canada (French), abbreviated in English as RMC and in French as CMR, is a military academy and, since 1959, a degree-granting university of the Canadian Armed Forces.
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Rwandan genocide
The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, occurred between 7 April and 19 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War.
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Shabtai Rosenne
Shabtai Rosenne (Hebrew: שבתאי רוזן) (24 November 1917 – 21 September 2010) was a Professor of International Law and an Israeli diplomat. Ken Watkin and Shabtai Rosenne are international law scholars.
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Somalia affair
The Somalia affair was a 1993 Canadian military scandal, prompted by the beating to death of Shidane Arone, a Somali teenager, at the hands of two Canadian peacekeepers participating in humanitarian efforts in Somalia.
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Supreme Court of Israel
The Supreme Court of Israel (Hebrew acronym Bagatz; al-Maḥkama al-‘Ulyā) is the highest court in Israel.
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Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (הטכניון – מכון טכנולוגי לישראל) is a public research university located in Haifa, Israel.
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Turkel Commission
The Turkel Commission (officially The Public Commission to Examine the Maritime Incident of 31 May 2010) was an inquiry set up by Israeli Government to investigate the Gaza flotilla raid, and the Blockade of Gaza.
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See also
Charles H. Stockton Professors of International Law
- Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Law
- George Bunn (diplomat)
- Hans Kelsen
- Howard S. Levie
- James Kraska
- John F. Murphy (law professor)
- John H. Spencer
- Ken Watkin
- Leo Gross
- Michael N. Schmitt
- Robert F. Turner
- Ruth Wedgwood
- Yoram Dinstein
Royal Canadian Regiment officers
- Agar Adamson
- Alex Ruff
- Archibald Hayes Macdonell
- Charles Foulkes (Canadian Army officer)
- D. Craig Aitchison
- Daniel Spry
- Fred Crone
- Frederick William Campbell
- George Kitching
- H. L. N. Salmon
- Ian Fraser (colonel)
- James Sutherland Brown
- Jean-Pierre Montminy
- John Hasek
- John K. Lawson
- Jonathan Vance
- Ken Watkin
- Mark Anthony Graham
- Michael Dare
- Milton Fowler Gregg
- Omer Lavoie
- Peter Devlin (general)
- Robert Angus Keane
- Robert Moncel
- Ronald Okeden Alexander
- W. Joseph Aitchison
- William Dillon Otter
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Watkin
Also known as Kenneth Watkin.