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GRC’s blog series on the impact of coronavirus on humanitarian access in starvation-affected countries on Just Security. Part I on Yemen published
As the world is grappling with the coronavirus pandemic, the plight of those most vulnerable in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS) has largely gone unnoticed. For FCAS, who are also enduring conflict induced food-insecurity, particularly those dependent on...
Five Years of War in Yemen – A humanitarian catastrophe
At a time when millions of people across the world are concerned about food supplies and the ability of our health systems to respond to crisis, Yemen must not be forgotten. Today marks five years since a Saudi-Arabian led coalition began bombing Yemen –...
GRC honoured to be mentioned in the 2020 Annual Report of the Special Rapporteur of the Right to food
Global Rights Compliance is pleased to be recognised in the latest 2020 annual report of the Special Rapporteur on right to food titled ‘Critical perspective on food systems, food crises and the future of the right to food’. The report analyses effect of conflict...
Mwatana and PHR highlight attacks on medical facilities and health personnel in Yemen in their new research report
In their latest research report, Mwatana for Human Rights and Physicians for Human Rights examine attacks on medical facilities and personnel by parties to the Yemen conflict that took place between March 2015 and December 2018. GRC is proud to partner with Mwatana...
GRC Celebrates International Women’s Day 2020
On 8 March 2020, GRC will take the opportunity to celebrate women’s achievements and join calls for gender equality worldwide. UN Women’s theme of this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) is ‘I am generation equality: realising women’s rights’. GRC is proud to...
Commission of Human Rights in South Sudan release their 2020 report highlighting deliberate policy of starvation
The Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan have released their 2020 report which significantly highlights the deliberate starvation of civilians. In a press release, the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan says "Millions of South Sudanese civilians have...
Article on ‘Famine on Collateral Damage of War’ by Margherita Stevoli
GRC is pleased at the publication of an article titled 'Famine on Collateral Damage of War' in the Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies (2020) by the brilliant Margherita Stevoli, former legal consultant on the GRC Starvation Team. The article...
‘Seeing through Myanmar’s fog: ICJ instigates provisional measures’ on the UK Human Rights Blog
GRC is delighted to announce the publication of the follow-on article titled "Seeing through Myanmar's fog: ICJ instigates provisional measures" on the UK Human RIghts Blog on 31 January 2020. In this article, Uzay Yasar Aysev and Wayne Jordash QC of Global...
COI Syria highlights child malnutrition during Syrian Sieges in its 2020 report
Important to highlight that "instances of children dying from malnutrition, dehydration and other preventable deaths linked to the denial of humanitarian assistance have been documented” during the Syrian sieges, in the latest harrowing Independent International...