Sir Kenneth Keith Lecture 2026

The necessity of international humanitarian law in troubled times—a pathway laid clear: Some personal thoughts on the insights, achievements and influence of Sir Kenneth Keith. Sir Kenneth Keith was pioneer and clearer of pathways. And he was one of us, a New Zealander one might bump into on Lambton Quay or Waikanae Beach, whose hand and influence was to be felt in the law from the texts of major treaties through to the judgments of the world's highest court.