Civilian fatality figures are a limited, if important, data point that influences the ability of researchers to study patterns of violence and evaluate policy responses intended to end violence. However, across datasets that track such violence there are...
In the two and a half decades since the end of the Cold War, policy makers have become acutely aware of the extent to which the world today faces mass atrocities. In an effort to prevent the death, destruction, and global chaos wrought by these crimes, the agendas...
Given the brutality of mass atrocities, it is no wonder that one question dominates research and policy: what can we, who are not at risk, do to prevent such violence and hasten endings? But this question skips a more fundamental question for understanding the...
Following the release of the SMJT's new report which reveals the Russian campaign to cripple Ukraine's grain trade and economy, Catriona Murdoch, Starvation and Humanitarian Crisis Division Lead was cited in multiple publications. The Daily Express' article 'Putin...
“Even without looking at specific incidents, it becomes hard to see how harm may have been mitigated towards civilians and how the principles of distinction and proportionality were applied,” Anna Gallina, Gaza Project Lead at GRC said of the recent strikes on Gaza....
Following the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam (Ukraine) by Russian occupiers, the aggressor state ignored evacuation efforts, failed to allocate sufficient resources to rescue civilians, and even actively obstructed local rescue attempts. This is according to an...