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SUMMARY:UN Protection of Civilians Week 2022 Virtual Side Event: Addressing the impact of conflict on hunger
DESCRIPTION:Global Rights Compliance is proud to co-sponsor and with the Governments of Canada\, Ireland\, Netherlands and the United States\, together with WFP\, FAO\, the Global Network Against Food Crises\, Action Against Hunger\, CARE\, World Vision\, Concern Worldwide\, Save the Children\, convene the only side event during the Protection of Civilians week at the UN focusing on the growing impacts of conflict on food systems and food security.  \nThe event will highlight conflict and hunger’s disproportionate impact on women\, children\, persons with disabilities and other marginalised groups\, and demonstrate why these groups must be put at the centre of our collective efforts to prevent and respond to conflict-induced hunger. Women’s role within food systems and contributors in peace processes warrants reflection on gender-sensitive and intersectional approaches to conflict and famine prevention.  \nThis event will offer perspectives from different conflict-affected areas and provide insights into potential measures that Member States\, International Financial Institutions (IFIs)\, donors and other development\, humanitarian\, and peace actors can take now to prevent and mitigate the impact of conflict on food security. \nThe event will feature the following panelists: \n\nMs. Yasmin\, an 18-year-old Yemeni woman who was formerly a child campaigner for Save the Children\nMr. Hajir Maalim\, Regional Director for the Horn of Africa for Action Against Hunger\nMs. Catriona Murdoch\, Partner for Global Rights Compliance\nMs. Reka Sztopa\, Regional Director for Francophone Africa for Concern Worldwide\n\nPlease register here to receive the Zoom link. \nConcept note.
URL:https://starvationaccountability.org/event/un-protection-of-civilians-week-2022-virtual-side-event-addressing-the-impact-of-conflict-on-hunger/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:GRC Starvation Training Program in Juba
DESCRIPTION:On 28-29 April 2022\, GRC convened a 2-day training session on investigating starvation-related conduct with 35 participants from a wide range of South Sudanese CSOs in Juba\, South Sudan. The training\, based on GRC’s innovative Starvation Training Manual\, aimed to build the capacity of participants to investigate and document starvation crimes and included sessions on fundamental principles of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Criminal Law (ICL). This was followed by in-depth sessions on the law of starvation and starvation-related crimes\, as well as investigative tools and techniques. The training concluded with interactive practical exercises\, which encouraged participants to apply and experiment with the theoretical concepts and knowledge acquired. \nSouth Sudan has been embroiled in a non-international armed conflict since 2013. Both government and opposition forces have consistently committed violations of IHL and violations and abuses of IHRL. The Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan in its landmark report on starvation found that: \n\n“sufficient evidence exists to hold to account members of [the SPLA (in Western Bahr el Ghazal and Jonglei States) and SPLA-IO (RM) (in Central Equatoria)] accountable under international and national laws for the crime of starvation of civilians used as a method of warfare\,” through depriving civilians of objects indispensable to their survival and arbitrarily denying humanitarian aid to populations in need.” \n\nIn the days following the training\, civil society actors\, including beneficiaries of the training\, such as Edmund Yakani (Executive Director of CEPO) admonished and called out warring parties for the use of starvation as a weapon of war\, highlighting the devastating consequences on the South Sudanese people. Edmund Yakani and Sarafina Desire\, both training participants who were interviewed for the South Sudanese No. 1 Citizen Daily Newspaper\, outlined how the conflict in South Sudan and warring parties’ conduct has directly resulted in acute food insecurity\, severely affecting women and girls in particular.
URL:https://starvationaccountability.org/event/grc-starvation-training-program-in-juba/
LOCATION:Juba\, South Sudan
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220412T190000
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SUMMARY:Catriona Murdoch to testify before the US Congress on the nexus between armed conflict and starvation in Ukraine\, Tigray\, and Yemen
DESCRIPTION:GRC Partner Catriona Murdoch will be testifying before the United States Congress Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a hearing on  armed conflict\, its role as a driver of hunger\, famine and starvation\, and international humanitarian law. Catriona will be speaking as one of the expert witnesses on the nexus between armed conflict and starvation and the situation in Ukraine\, Tigray\, and Yemen and offer recommendations for Congress. \nAccording to the World Food Program\, almost 60 percent of the world’s 811 million hungry people live in areas affected by armed violence. Conflict is a main driver in 8 out of 10 of the worst hunger crises in the world\, among them Yemen\, South Sudan\, and Ethiopia. UN Security Council Resolution 2417\, adopted in May 2018\, drew attention to the link between armed conflict\, food insecurity and famine\, and reiterated the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) prohibition on the use of hunger as a weapon of war as well as the prohibition of attacks on objects indispensable to survival (OIS). The intentional starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is categorized as a war crime in the Rome Statute – which is binding on states that have ratified it – for both international armed conflict and\, since approval of a 2019 amendment to the statute\, non-international armed conflicts. The Russian Federation’s war of aggression against Ukraine is the latest example of the potential use of starvation as a method of warfare\, where siege tactics\, the willful impediment of humanitarian access\, and attacks on OIS are prevalent\, alongside the critical impact on global food production and food systems. The escalating need for assistance threatens to outstrip the capacity and resources of humanitarian organisations\, reinforcing the importance of prevention strategies. \nThis hearing will be virtual. Pursuant to H. Res. 965\, Members of Congress and witnesses will participate remotely via Cisco WebEx. Members of the public and the media may view the hearing by live webcast on the Commission website. The hearing will also be available for viewing on Channel 52 of the House Digital Channel service. \nFor any questions\, please contact Kimberly Stanton (for Co-Chair McGovern) or Piero Tozzi (for Co-Chair Smith). \n\nHosted by:\nJames P. McGovern\nMember of Congress\nCo-Chair\, TLHRC \nChristopher H. Smith\nMember of Congress\nCo-Chair\, TLHRC \n\nOpening remarks\n\nRep. James P. McGovern\, Co-Chair\, TLHRC\nWritten remarks\nRep. Christopher H. Smith\, Co-Chair\, TLHRC\nWritten remarks\n\n\nWitnesses\nPanel I \n\nJocelyn Brown Hall\, Director\, Liaison Office for North America\, Food and Agricultural Organization\, FAO \n\nPanel II \n\nTom Dannenbaum\, Assistant Professor of International Law\, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy\, Tufts University\nCatriona Murdoch\, Partner\, Global Rights Compliance\, The Hague\, and Barrister\, 1 Crown Office Row\, United Kingdom
URL:https://starvationaccountability.org/event/catriona-murdoch-to-testify-before-the-us-congress-on-the-nexus-between-armed-conflict-and-starvation-in-ukraine-tigray-and-yemen/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211206T113000
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SUMMARY:GRC's newest team member\, Ken Scott\, to participate in ASP 20 side event on pathways to accountability for survivors and victims of conflict-related sexual violence in South Sudan
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to announce that Ken Scott will be joining GRC as its newest team member and will be primarily leading our South Sudan work. Ken’s professional reputation precedes him as he has over thirty years’ experience in high-profile litigation\, successfully conducting complex investigations and prosecutions\, including as a senior UN war crimes prosecutor at the ICTY\, and since then\, inter alia\, as a Special Prosecutor at the STL. Ken was also appointed as Commissioner by the Human Rights Council to the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan and has been engaged in a wide-ranging IHRL and IHL practice\, including training programs and consultancies. \n  \nGRC has been engaged in investigating starvation-related conduct and right to food violations and abuses in the South Sudanese context since 2018\, including by preparing dedicated policy papers\, in collaboration with the World Peace Foundation (here). GRC is currently engaged in a research project\, with assistance from the University of Amsterdam Law Clinic\, examining the intersection of sexual and gender-based violence and starvation-related conduct in the context of South Sudan. \n  \nGRC’s Ken Scott will participate as a panelist in Legal Action Worldwide and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ online side event to the 20th session of the Assembly of State Parties\, titled Survivors’ pathways to accountability: legal avenues for South Sudanese survivors of conflict-related sexual violence. The panel discussion will take place on Monday 6 December 2021\, 13:30 to 14:45 (CET). \n  \nDetails to register for the event are as follows: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMscumvrjspHtYirN-ZszHN2pbDYYOA1YhB \n  \nThe event will feature opening remarks by Human Rights Ambassador Bahia Tahzib-Lie of the Kingdom of the Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and expert panelists include Susan Okalany\, Judge\, High Court of Uganda & ICC Prosecutor candidate\, Jackline Nasiwa\, Executive Director\, Centre for Inclusive Governance\, Peace and Justice\, Kenneth Scott\, Prosecutor & International human rights lawyer\, and Antonia Mulvey\, Executive Director\, LAW.
URL:https://starvationaccountability.org/event/grcs-newest-team-member-ken-scott-to-participate-in-asp-20-side-event-on-pathways-to-accountability-for-survivors-and-victims-of-conflict-related-sexual-violence-in-south-sudan/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211028T163000
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SUMMARY:GRC Event - Conflict\, Chaos\, and Hunger - Yemen: The World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis
DESCRIPTION:RSVP for this event here: https://globalrightscompliance.wispform.com/a62011f2 \nClick to watch – Password: Hunger-Ward – https://eventleader.eu/peacepalace-livestream#/ \n  \nRemarks and Moderation:  UN OCHA Kirsten Mildren  \nProposed Panellists: \n\nSkye Fitzgerald – Award winning director of Hunger Ward\nGerard Steeghs – Representative of the Netherlands – Director for Multilateral Organisations and Human Rights\nCatriona Murdoch – Partner at Global Rights Compliance\nCorinne Woods  – Director of Communication\, Advocacy\, Marketing (CAM)\, World Food Programme\n\n  \nBackground \n  \nAccording to the 2021 Global Report on Food Crises\, conflict and insecurity continue to be the main driver of acute food insecurity in 2021. There are roughly 99.1 million people experiencing conflict or insecurity — two thirds of those facing acute hunger. In countless communities around the world\, armed actors target people’s livelihoods\, destroy markets and agricultural areas\, and prevent humanitarian access. \n  \nYemen in its 7th year of conflict\, is an acute example of such a community ravaged by conflict. Food insecurity is not incidental to the conflict in Yemen—the conflict\, and the conduct of the warring parties\, drives it. When the conflict began in 2014\, approximately 41% of the population in Yemen was food insecure. According to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OHCA)\, the percentage of the population that is food insecure has increased almost every year since 2014. In early 2021\, the WFP reported that Yemen was “headed straight toward the biggest famine in modern history\,” with “over 400\,000 children at risk of dying” and 16.2 million people facing acute food insecurity. While the number of people who have been killed during the conflict in Yemen vary by source\, OCHA estimated that the conflict has directly and indirectly caused 233\,000 deaths with more than half— 131\,000 deaths—resulting “from indirect causes such as a lack of food\, health services and infrastructure.” \n  \nDespite ample evidence in Yemen and beyond\, that food insecurity can exacerbate violent conflict and that violent conflict is a primary driver of food insecurity\, the nexus between the root causes and drivers of conflict and the issue of food insecurity are often overlooked. Lack of attention to these interacting problems means interventions risk having a limited impact and may even exacerbate existing fragilities. The landmark UN Security Council Resolution 2417 makes clear that conflict-induced food insecurity is an issue concerning international peace\, security\, and justice\, and that it requires an increased focus on humanitarian access to objects indispensable to survival. \nPanel Focus \nAs we aspire to peace\, security and justice in Yemen\, we must raise the alarm and commit to tackling conflict-induced hunger head on. To further this important advocacy\, the OCHA and Global Rights Compliance (GRC)\, with the support of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA)\, will convene a high-level panel and unique event in the Peace Palace in The Hague. The Netherlands premiere of the Oscar® nominated and critically acclaimed film Hunger Ward\, will precede an expert panel and Q&A with the film’s director. The event will include a digital exhibition of the work of the award-winning photojournalist\, Giles Clarke\, who has documented Yemen’s unfolding tragedy for many years. This immersive experience in the grounds of the Peace Palace will reflect on the rising threat of conflict induced famine in Yemen\, the humanitarian crisis and access issues facing organisations like OCHA and the WFP and it will determine how political will can be harnessed to prevent conflict-induced hunger. Featuring a unique Q&A with the film director\, the event also aims to inspire the media ecosystem\, humanitarian community and political changemakers to witness the personal and humanitarian cost of this bitter conflict.
URL:https://starvationaccountability.org/event/grc-event-conflict-chaos-and-hunger-yemen-the-worlds-worst-humanitarian-crisis/
LOCATION:The Peace Palace\, Den Haag\, Netherlands
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210915T110000
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SUMMARY:GRC proud to support "From Word to Deed: Bridging the Accountability Gap for Yemen" - online side event to the 48th session of the Human Rights Council
DESCRIPTION:GRC is proud to support the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and Mwatana for Human Rights and 9 other civil society organisations’ online side event to the 48th session of the Human Rights Council  titled “From Word to Deed: Bridging the Accountability Gap for Yemen”\, on 15th September 2021 at 13 pm CET. The event is co-sponsored by the missions of Belgium\, Ireland\, Luxembourg\, and the Netherlands. \n  \nThe event will feature introductory remarks by deputy permanent representative of Luxembourg\, Mr Luc Dockendorf\, panellists including member of the UN GEE on Yemen\, Mr. Ardi Imseis\, and members of civil society from Mwatana for Human Rights\, Human Rights Watch\, and the Global Center for the Responsibility to Protect. \n  \nTo register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MVdvTzRORou583hFb-F7SQ
URL:https://starvationaccountability.org/event/grc-proud-to-support-from-word-to-deed-bridging-the-accountability-gap-for-yemen-online-side-event-to-the-48th-session-of-the-human-rights-council/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210516
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210522
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SUMMARY:GRC's Digital Symposium: A Pandemic of Hunger - Implementing UN Security Council Resolution 2417
DESCRIPTION:GRC is delighted to host a digital symposium with Opinio Juris on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2417 (UNSC 2417) to mark the third anniversary of its adoption by the Security Council. The symposium is scheduled to run between 17-21 May and features written think pieces from the World Food Programme\, GRC\, Mwatana for Human Rights\, Alex de Waal\, Chris Newton\, Yousuf Syed Khan\, Jared Miller and Emanuela-Chiara Gillard. \nIn the symposium’s introductory post\, GRC recognises UNSC 2417’s utility to date and stresses the need to strengthen its preventative\, prohibitive and accountability powers and reflect on its successes and weaknesses. \nThe symposium promises to be a vital and timely discussion ahead of the Protection of Civilians Week. \nTo read the introductory post\, click here
URL:https://starvationaccountability.org/event/grcs-digital-symposium-a-pandemic-of-hunger-implementing-un-security-council-resolution-2417/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20200619T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20200619T113000
DTSTAMP:20220405T151521Z
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SUMMARY:Online event on "Starvation Crimes – Hunger as a Weapon in Conflict"
DESCRIPTION:Malnutrition and hunger have long been associated with violent conflicts. The deliberate and systematic use of starvation is increasingly used as a method of warfare in today’s armed conflict – both against civilian populations as well as against humanitarian aid workers who are targeted or otherwise prevented from accessing those in need. In recent years there have been relevant developments concerning the international legal framework: The UNSC Resolution 2417 (2018) condemns the use of starvation as a weapon of war and the intentional blocking of humanitarian access. More recently\, the amendment of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (2019) now allows the persecution of starvation as a war crime. Germany has a critical role to play\, as the second largest humanitarian aid donor globally\, and in light of its current representation in international fora such as the UN Security Council (UNSC)\, the UN Human Rights Council and its upcoming Presidency at the EU Council. \nWith this online event\, co-hosted by Welthungerhilfe (WHH) and the Centre for Humanitarian Action (CHA)\, we seek to shed light on the operational implications that starvation tactics pose for aid organisations\, discuss the new legal framework\, and ask for Germany’s role advocating it. \n  \nInvited speakers: \nCatriona Murdoch\, Senior Legal Adviser\, Global Rights Compliance \nUte Kollies\, Director\, UN OCHA Mali \nBucay Deng\, Deputy Director\, WHH Country Office South Sudan \nGerman Federal Foreign Office\, GFFO (tbc) \n  \nModeration: \nMichael Kühn (Senior Policy Officer\, WHH) \nDr Andrea Steinke (Research Fellow\, CHA) \nPlease register for the event here. \nWe are looking forward to welcoming you on Friday\, 19th June 2020\, 11 am – 12:30 pm CEST. \nApologies for cross posting.
URL:https://starvationaccountability.org/event/online-event-on-starvation-crimes-hunger-as-a-weapon-in-conflict/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20191030T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20191030T193000
DTSTAMP:20220412T155309Z
CREATED:20191028T152516Z
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SUMMARY:Catriona Murdoch to participate at the International Law Week in New York
DESCRIPTION:GRC is privileged to be co-sponsoring an event at International Law Week in New York with\, amongst others\, the Governments of Switzerland and The Netherlands on “Accountability for the War Crime of Starvation.” Catriona Holmes\, one of GRC’s Senior Legal Consultants\, will be speaking alongside Alex de Waal\, the UN OHCHA\, and Ambassador Corinne Cicéron Bühlerthe\, Director of the Directorate of International Law for the Swiss FDFA. This is the 3rd high-level panel event on starvation that GRC has been invited to attend in New York. \nMore information on the event can be accessed here.
URL:https://starvationaccountability.org/event/grcs-catriona-murdoch-to-participate-at-the-international-law-week-in-new-york/
LOCATION:CR 7\, UNITED NATIONS BUILDING\, NEW YORK
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190925
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190930
DTSTAMP:20220412T154425Z
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SUMMARY:Starvation End of Phase 1 Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Phase I of the Accountability for Mass Starvation: Testing the Limits of the Law will come to a close in November 2019. In order to reflect on the successes of Phase I and outline the remaining needs going forward\, GRC and the WPF have convened a formidable group of experts to discuss how to increase the moral toxicity around acts that create mass starvation. \nThe group of experts range from those that the starvation team have engaged with over the last year\, some who have been instrumental in galvanising the conflict and hunger agenda\, to others who drafted the policy papers included in the Expert Report on The Crime of Starvation\, amidst representatives from Switzerland who will discuss their proposal to amend the Rome Statute to include starvation as a war crime in a non-international armed conflict. We are privileged to be joined by the Netherland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs who have generously supported the project.  \nWe hope that hearing from the range of UN investigative bodies and commissions of inquiry will engender rich recommendations for increasing accountability and enhancing the protection of civilians in conflict. We will be sharing posts and tweets over the three days\, keep checking here for updates.
URL:https://starvationaccountability.org/event/starvation-end-of-phase-1-symposium/
LOCATION:Tuft’s European Center\, Talloires\, France
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190611T220000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190611T220000
DTSTAMP:20220412T150216Z
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SUMMARY:Catriona Murdoch invited to speak at Action Against Hunger's International Meeting in Valencia
DESCRIPTION:Catriona will deliver a presentation to approximately 300 of Action Against Hunger’s senior staff including the country directors from all 48 countries. The focus will be on NGOs operating in conflict affected contexts and how they can do to better share evidence of international humanitarian law and international human rights law violations related to conflict and hunger. This will include discussion on how to mitigate operational risk when collecting\, preserving and sharing data.  \nCatriona spoke recently with ACF’s Nigerian Country Director Shashwat Saraf during the UNSC Protection of Civilian Week events at the UN HQ in New York. GRC and ACF have collaborated on several events\, panels and outputs relating to conflict and hunger since 2018.
URL:https://starvationaccountability.org/event/catriona-murdoch-invited-to-speak-at-action-against-hungers-international-meeting-in-valencia/
LOCATION:Valencia\, Spain
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190521T220000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190521T220000
DTSTAMP:20220412T143628Z
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SUMMARY:Catriona Murdoch to participate at the POC week in NY
DESCRIPTION:Global Rights Compliance’s Catriona Murdoch will speak at the High-Level Side Event “Enhancing the Implementation of Resolution 2417: Lessons Learned From the Past Year” in New York\, on the 22nd of May 2019. \nThe event is taking place during the week-long celebrations for the twentieth anniversary of Resolution 1265/1999\, and the adoption of the protection of civilians as an item on the agenda of the UN Security Council. \nThe panel\, which\, together with Global Rights Compliance\, will see the presence of representatives of the Netherlands\, Côte d’Ivoire\, Switzerland\, World Food Programme\, UN OCHA\, Action Against Hunger and Save the Children\, will discuss the implementation of UNSC Resolution 2417/2018 (UNSC Res 2417) one year on from its adoption\, which embedded the conflict and hunger agenda within the framework of the protection of civilians. \nCatriona will discuss the importance of UNSC Res 2417\, which condemns the use of starvation as a method of warfare\, and calls on the UN system to provide an early warning alert to the Security Council in conflicts where there is a risk of famine. The presentation will also address how to operationalise UNSC Res 2417\, the Rome Statute Amendment to include starvation as a war crime in a non-international armed conflict and the latest developments in the fight for accountability for the crime of starvation.
URL:https://starvationaccountability.org/event/catriona-murdoch-to-participate-at-the-poc-week-in-ny/
LOCATION:New York\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190501T163000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190501T173000
DTSTAMP:20220412T145952Z
CREATED:20190403T181815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220412T145952Z
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SUMMARY:Margherita Stevoli will speak at the Development Studies Association of Ireland event at Trinity College Dublin
DESCRIPTION:GRC’s Legal consultant Margherita Stevoli will speak at the event “Famine: Prevention\, Response and Accountability” in Dublin\, organized by the Humanitarian Action Study Group of the Development Studies Association of Ireland (DSAI). \n  \nThe panel discussion\, which will take place on the 1st of May at 18:30\, will bring together leading international humanitarian\, legal and policy experts on famine prevention\, response and accountability to explore what more can be done to eliminate famine in the 21st century. Speakers will include as well Kate Munro\, Action against Hunger UK; and Matthew Cogan\, Humanitarian Unit\, Irish Aid. \n  \nThe aim of the event is to build knowledge\, understanding and advocacy\, research and programming capacity in the area of conflict\, hunger and IHL. Margherita will focus on UNSC Resolution 2417 and how civil society and researchers can engage with this Resolution. \n  \nRegistration for the event is possible here.
URL:https://starvationaccountability.org/event/margherita-stevoli-will-speak-at-the-development-studies-association-of-ireland-event-at-trinity-college-dublin-1-may-2019/
LOCATION:Trinity College Dublin\, Ireland
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190423
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190425
DTSTAMP:20220412T142920Z
CREATED:20190403T180611Z
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SUMMARY:Catriona Murdoch invited to the Save the Children and Action Against Hunger Workshop
DESCRIPTION:GRC’s Senior Legal Consultant and Project Lead Catriona Murdoch will participate in the “Conflict and Hunger Workshop: Ensuring UN Security Council Resolution 2417 helps end starvation crimes.” The event\, organised by Save the Children UK and Action Against Hunger UK will take place in London on 24th April. \n  \nThe all-day workshop will bring together around 20 participants from governments\, UN agencies\, INGOs\, and international legal and academic experts. The Panel will share knowledge\, ideas and develop practical solutions for UN agencies\, member states and NGOs regarding conflict and hunger. The workshop aims at agreeing on a collective advocacy and actions in response to UNSC resolution 2417 and contribute to global thinking on conflict and hunger and deliver an output report which will be disseminated at Protection of Civilians events at the UN Security Council in late May. \n  \nCatriona will provide a detailed analysis of the tools for operationalising UNSC Res 2417 in order to ensure that this Resolution will continue to have a long lasting impact for those affected by the deliberate use of starvation as a method of warfare.
URL:https://starvationaccountability.org/event/catriona-murdoch-invited-to-the-save-the-children-and-action-against-hunger-workshop-in-london-24-april-2019/
LOCATION:London
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190412
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190414
DTSTAMP:20220412T154912Z
CREATED:20190412T173307Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220412T154912Z
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SUMMARY:Joe Holmes at the IBA Annual War Crimes Conference in the Hague
DESCRIPTION:GRC Senior Legal Consultant Joe Holmes will speak at the annual war crimes conference of the International Bar Association on the 13 April (CPD available). Joe will speak at the panel “Private actors and investigations: aid or hindrance to international criminal justice?” which will discuss the advantages and potential dangers of private actors’ operations within the international justice field. \n  \nJoe will discuss the upcoming launch of GRC’s Basic Investigative Standard’s App\, a unique tool for private actors and investigators.  The BIS App aims at enabling investigators and prosecutors to collect\, protect and preserve the integrity of information and documentation gathered on crime scenes in order to build robust international crimes. Joe will also discuss the advantages to utilising the BIS App across GRC’s projects\, including the “Accountability for Mass Starvation” project. \n  \nThe App will be available for free download in May\, with a Starvation BIS Manual and forthcoming App currently under development. \n  \nThe programme of the event can be found here.
URL:https://starvationaccountability.org/event/joe-holmes-at-the-iba-annual-war-crimes-conference-at-the-peace-palace-in-the-hague-april-13-2019/
LOCATION:The Peace Palace\, Den Haag\, Netherlands
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190404T230000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190404T230000
DTSTAMP:20220412T132820Z
CREATED:20190403T172835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220412T132820Z
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SUMMARY:GRC and the WPF invited to participate in the Journal of International Criminal Justice workshop on “Starvation in International Law” at Oxford University
DESCRIPTION:Global Rights Compliance’s (GRC) Managing Partner Wayne Jordash QC and Senior Legal Consultant Catriona Murdoch\, together with World Peace Foundation’s Executive Director Alex de Waal and Research Director Bridget Conley will participate at the workshop on “Starvation in International Law” organised by the Journal of International Criminal Justice\, together with the World Food Programme\, Oxford University and the Oxford Institute for Ethics\, Law and Armed Conflict (ELAC). The workshop will take place at the St. Peter’s College at the Oxford University and it will see the participation of leading international experts and academics in the field of international humanitarian law and famine prevention. \nThe panel of the workshop includes eminent experts in the field: \nWayne Jordash and Catriona Murdoch\, Global Rights Compliance \nAlex de Waal and Bridget Conley\, World Peace Fundation and Tufts University \nAntonio Coco\, University of Oxford \nJèrôme de Hemptinne\, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights \nBrian Lander Deputy Director of the World Food Programme \nSandesh Sivakumaran\, University of Nottingham \nFederica D’Alessandra\, University of Oxford ELAC and Co-Chair of the IBA War Crimes and Human Rights law Committees \nMatthew Gillet\, International Criminal Court \nEmanuela-Chiara Gillard\, European University Institute and Oxford ELAC \nRebecca Richards\, World Food Programme \nSalvatore Zappalà\, University of Catania \nNehal Bhuta\, University of Edinburgh \nSimone Hurrer\, Ecofact AG \nJulia Geneuss\, University of Hamburg \nManuel Ventura\, The Peace and Justice Initiative \n  \nGRC’s Wayne Jordash and Catriona Murdoch will discuss why starvation has not been prosecuted to date and what impediments stand in the way of accountability. Their analysis will focus on the challenges of investigating and documenting the crime of starvation\, concentrating on the war crime contained in Article 8 of the Rome Statute and they will explore how a prosecution would play out in the courtroom\, including an assessment on what lessons can be learnt from other successful legal campaigns. \nThe WPF’s Alex De Waal and Bridget Conley will focus  on the historical and contemporary uses of starvation. They will give an overview of the crime of starvation and how mass starvation was used in the past. They will also discuss the need to treat mass starvation as a stand-alone crime and introduce to the audience the concept of “starvation crimes”.
URL:https://starvationaccountability.org/event/grc-and-the-wpf-invited-to-participate-in-the-journal-of-international-criminal-justice-workshop-on-starvation-in-international-law-at-oxford-university-april-5-2019/
LOCATION:St. Peter’s College\, Oxford University\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181213T060000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181213T150000
DTSTAMP:20220329T134419Z
CREATED:20181210T133843Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220329T134419Z
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SUMMARY:Expert Panel Event during 17th Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute on Accountability for Mass Starvation
DESCRIPTION:This event follows on from the Side Event to the 17th Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute\, which considered Switzerland’s proposed amendment to the Rome Statute to include the war crime of starvation in a non-international armed conflict. The expert panel will discuss the proposed amendment and the prospects of a prosecution without it; why starvation should be viewed as an atrocity crime; how it has been adjudicated upon previously in international tribunals; and what the International Criminal Court can offer in the absence of a starvation trial. \nThe Starvation team were joined by Ali Aljasem\, the Human Security Officer at Damaan Humanitarian Organisation and a researcher at the Conflict Studies Center at Utrecht University. Previously Ali worked for Médecins Sans Frontières in Aleppo. He also works for the Dialogue Advisory Group in Amsterdam. The event was elegantly moderated by Federica D’Alessandra\, founding Executive Director of the Oxford Programme on International Peace and Security at the Blavatnik School of Government’s Institute for Ethics\, Law\, and Armed Conflict. She specializes in public international law\, international criminal\, human rights\, and humanitarian law.
URL:https://starvationaccountability.org/event/expert-panel-event-during-17th-assembly-of-states-parties-to-the-rome-statute-on-accountability-for-mass-starvation/
LOCATION:Hague Humanity Hub\, Hague\, Netherlands
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181212T220000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181212T220000
DTSTAMP:20220412T152941Z
CREATED:20181213T175623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220412T152941Z
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SUMMARY:The Starvation Team present at the 5th bi-annual International Humanitarian Studies Association conference in The Hague
DESCRIPTION:Understanding the basic principles of the crime of starvation and related offences will enable humanitarian actors on the ground to adequately assess the obstacles they may face when delivering aid in conflict zones. The panel will assess the unique role of humanitarians\, particularly those with a principle témoignage mandate and the protections afforded to them under Additional Protocols I and II (Article 70 and 28\, respectively) of the Geneva Conventions when providing humanitarian relief (with a specific focus on the delivery of foodstuffs). They will explore how to document and investigate whether warring parties are unlawfully impeding aid supplies or whether the obstacles facing humanitarian actors cross the threshold into criminal conduct. Finally\, the panellists will consider the range of accountability forums available including international\, national and domestic prosecutions\, as encouraged by the landmark United Nations Security Council (‘UNSC’) Resolution 2417. UNSC 2417 unanimously passed in May 2018 and highlights the link between armed conflict and food insecurity\, noting that starvation of civilians\, as a method of warfare may constitute a war crime.
URL:https://starvationaccountability.org/event/the-starvation-team-present-at-the-5th-bi-annual-international-humanitarian-studies-association-conference-in-the-hague/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181212T220000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181212T220000
DTSTAMP:20220414T143546Z
CREATED:20181213T174306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220414T143546Z
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SUMMARY:Two-Day Expert Workshop on Starvation at the London School of Economics
DESCRIPTION:Global Rights Compliance and The World Peace Foundation convened a two-day expert workshop at the London School of Economics\, hearing presentations from humanitarian\, academic\, legal and nutritional experts on the use of starvation in conflicts. The final report will be published early in 2019.
URL:https://starvationaccountability.org/event/two-day-expert-workshop-on-starvation-at-the-london-school-of-economics/
LOCATION:London School of Economics\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181209T220000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181209T220000
DTSTAMP:20220412T132554Z
CREATED:20181213T175953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220412T132554Z
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SUMMARY:Catriona Murdoch interviewed by Law Pod UK on Mass Starvation
DESCRIPTION:In the latest episode of Law Pod UK Rosalind English talks to Catriona Murdoch of 1 Crown Office Row about Global Rights Compliance (‘GRC’)\, an organisation offering a unique approach to atrocity crimes and other violations of international law.  The Hague-based GRC works in partnership with The World Peace Foundation (‘WPF’) to combine expertise on conflict and food insecurity. Together they are identifying how international law may be used to advance the prevention\, prohibition and accountability for mass starvation. \nLaw Pod UK is available for free and without ads on Audioboom\, iTunes\, PodBean\,The Podcast App or wherever you get your podcasts.
URL:https://starvationaccountability.org/event/catriona-murdoch-interviewed-by-law-pod-uk-on-mass-starvation/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181010T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181010T163000
DTSTAMP:20220412T160719Z
CREATED:20181213T175832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220412T160719Z
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SUMMARY:Catriona Murdoch speaks at 'The Human Right to Food: Issues for lawyers' Panel during the IBA Annual Conference in Rome
DESCRIPTION:Global Rights Compliance’s Catriona Murdoch was invited to present on ‘The Human Right To Food: Issues For Lawyers’ expert panel during the International Bar Association’s Annual Conference in Rome (2018). The panel consisted of renowned international legal specialists\, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights representatives.
URL:https://starvationaccountability.org/event/the-human-right-to-food-issues-for-lawyers-during-the-international-bar-association-annual-conference-in-rome/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180624T220000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180624T220000
DTSTAMP:20220412T145406Z
CREATED:20181213T175457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220412T145406Z
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SUMMARY:Catriona Murdoch speaks at a seminar in The House of Parliament\, London organised by the Arab Organisation for Human Rights
DESCRIPTION:Global Rights Compliance’s Senior Legal Consultant Catriona Murdoch joined the expert panel to discuss the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Yemen.  The event was organised by the Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK and gathered leading international legal experts including Joseph Breham\, a French lawyer\, Clive Baldwin\, Senior Legal Advisor at Human Rights Watch and Rhys Davies\, an international criminal and human rights law barrister at Temple Gardens in London. Catriona addressed the issue of the use of starvation as a method of warfare and accountability for the crimes committed in Yemen. 
URL:https://starvationaccountability.org/event/catriona-murdoch-speaks-at-a-seminar-in-the-house-of-parliament-london-organised-by-the-arab-organisation-for-human-rights-in-the-uk/
LOCATION:Temple Gardens\, London\, Temple Gardens\, London\, United Kingdom
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