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. The event is taking place during the week-long celebrations for the twentieth anniversary of Resolution 1265/1999, and the adoption of the protection of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]