Targeting Course

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Targeting Course

22 – 26 September 2025, Sanremo (Italy)

Overall objectives

The objective of the Targeting Course is to provide participants with an understanding of the legal considerations associated with targeting in military operations.

Target audience

This five day Targeting Course is an intensive course, at the unclassified level, designed for planners, policy advisors, military and civilian legal counsel, and operators (commanders, leaders, targeteers, JFACs) advising on or prosecuting targets at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels.

Methodology

The Course examines the legal and operational parameters of the targeting process. To facilitate understanding, participants will conduct exercises taking them through a targeting process from planning and execution to battle damage assessment. At the conclusion of the course participants will understand, and be able to identify and apply:

The purpose and process of targeting
The legal framework and distinctions between targeting ad bellum, human rights, and in bello
Legal principles and framework of targeting
Legal analysis of complex targets
Special legal considerations for dynamic and time sensitive targeting
Responses to targeting incidents and potential LOAC violations

REGISTRATION FORM

Registration deadline: 8 September 2025

PROGRAMME

The Agenda will be available soon

For any additional information, please contact the Military Department at  military.department@iihl.org.

Duration:
1 week

Language:
English

Registration fee:
€ 1.100

End of course:
Official certificate

Participation quota amounts to €1.100. It must be remitted before the start of the course by bank transfer or, at the latest, upon arrival in cash or Euro currency cheque. Visa and/or Mastercard are also accepted either on the website (click here) or at the Institute.

The course will be conducted in English and reasonable language proficiency is required. There will not be simultaneous translation.

The Official Certificate will be released to participants who attend the course in full after the final session and completion of the course evaluation.

SPECIALISED COURSES ON IHL