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 ====== Peace through Law Online – Roundtable ======
-//As of 30 September 2026.//
+//As of 1 October 2026.//
-The Roundtable is a small international reading circle of lawyers and legal scholars around the texts collected on this site. It is modelled on a reading group: participants read one text closely and discuss how it is worded, how it is interpreted and how it is applied.
+The Roundtable is a small international discussion forum of lawyers and legal scholars. It takes up current developments recorded on this site – a new treaty signature or ratification, a court decision, a resolution, a regulatory measure or a newly identified gap – and discusses their legal significance for peace and conflict in the cyber and information sphere.
 ===== Format =====
   * **Online**, in English, every six to eight weeks, 60–90 minutes
-  * **Method:** a short input by one participant (10–15 minutes), then a close reading of one text, article by article, or a discussion of a recent development recorded in the [[changes|change log]]
+  * **Method:** one or two short inputs (10–15 minutes each) on a recent development, followed by an open discussion; the relevant entry on this site serves as the common point of reference
+  * **Topics:** chosen from the [[changes|change log]] and from proposals by participants
   * **Chatham House rule:** participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker may be revealed
-  * **No positions:** the circle reads and discusses texts; it does not adopt statements or recommendations
+  * **No positions:** the Roundtable discusses developments; it does not adopt statements or recommendations
-  * **Notes:** with the consent of the participants, a short unattributed note of each session is published on this page
+  * **Notes:** with the consent of the participants, a short unattributed note of each session may be published on this page
-===== Texts for the first sessions =====
+===== Possible topics for the first sessions =====
-  - [[law:un:cybercrime_convention|UN Convention against Cybercrime (2024)]] – scope, safeguards and the relationship to the Budapest Convention
+  - The [[law:un:cybercrime_convention|UN Convention against Cybercrime (2024)]] after the signature period – ratifications, safeguards and the relationship to the [[law:coe:budapest|Budapest Convention]]
-  - [[law:national:positions|National positions on international law in cyberspace]] – where States agree and where they differ
+  - Autonomous weapons after the Seventh CCW Review Conference (November 2026) – see [[law:un:laws|UN and CCW processes on autonomous weapons]] and [[gaps:laws_treaty|Gap: treaty on autonomous weapons systems]]
-  - [[law:hr:iccpr|International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)]], Article 20(1) – propaganda for war, read together with Article 19
+  - Sanctions as a response to information manipulation – the [[law:eu:russia_destabilisation_sanctions|EU sanctions regime on Russia's destabilising activities]] and freedom of expression ([[law:hr:iccpr|ICCPR]], Articles 19 and 20)
 ===== Sessions =====