​The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, in collaboration with the Public Policy and International Affairs Program at the Department of Political Studies and Public Administration , hosted a panel discussion titled: "Justice for Palestine: International Law and Beyond," on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. The panel included Karim Makdisi, Associate Professor of International Politics and Director of the PPIA Program at AUB; Nimer Sultany, Reader in Public Law at the School of Law, Gender, and Media - School of Oriental and African Studies; Samer Ghamroun, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law and Political Science - Saint-Joseph University and a Senior Researcher at Legal Agenda; and Zeina Jallad, a Research Fellow at the Institute for Global Law and Policy - Harvard Law School. The panel was convened and moderated by Jamil Mouawad, Assistant Professor of Politics and Policy at AUB.

The American University of Beirut's Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, Nature Conservation Center, and Faculty of Medicine, hosted a panel discussion titled "White Phosphorus Ammunition in South Lebanon: Impact, Management, and Policies." The panel included IFI Director Joseph Bahout, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Thawrat El Zahran, Professor of Ecosystem Management & Interim Director of the Palestine Land Studies Center Rami Zurayk, Associate Director at AUB-NCC Antoine Kallab, and Lebanon Researcher at Human Rights Watch Ramzi Kaiss. The discussion, delving into multifaceted issues surrounding the use of white phosphorus in the region, was moderated by Suzanne Baaklini, a journalist from l'Orient Le Jour.