On 23 May 2022, the governments of Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands and the United States, together with Global Rights Compliance (GRC), WFP, FAO, the Global Network Against Food Crises, Action Against Hunger, CARE, World Vision, Concern Worldwide, and Save...
Global Rights Compliance is proud to highlight the work of Concern Worldwide (Concern), an international humanitarian organisation based in Ireland that strives for a world free from poverty and hunger. For over 50 years, Concern has been delivering life-saving and...
It has been 4 years since the unanimous adoption of the landmark UN Security Council Resolution 2417 (2018) (‘UNSC 2417’), in which the UNSC recognised for the first time the intrinsic link between hunger and conflict and condemned the use of starvation as a method...
Global Rights Compliance was proud to co-sponsor 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...
GRC Partner Catriona Murdoch was invited as an expert witness to testify before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the US Congress during a hearing titled ‘Armed Conflict, Starvation and International Humanitarian Law’, held virtually on 12 April 2022. The...
On 21 April 2022, Ireland convened an Arria-Formula meeting at the UN Security Council (‘UNSC’) on Conflict and Hunger to consider the possible actions needed to break the vicious cycle of conflict-induced food insecurity as well as the better operationalisation of...
GRC welcomes the UN Secretary-General’s decision to establish a High-Level Task Force on Preventing Famine to ‘bring coordinated high-level attention to famine prevention and mobilise support to the most affected countries.’ The Task Force will be led by...
Today, the UN Security Council will meet to discuss conflict and food security, including the implementation of UNSC Resolution 2417 (UNSC 2417). During the meeting, the UNSC should take decisive steps to strengthen the operation of UNSC 2417, so that it can act...
Today the UN Security Council (UNSC) are holding an ‘any other business’ meeting, instigated by Ireland, on the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia and, on 11 March 2021, the UNSC is expected to hold a high-level video conference on food security. In response to...
It has been two years since the unanimous adoption of Resolution 2417 (2018), in which the UN Security Council (UNSC) recognized for the first time the intrinsic link between hunger and conflict and the essential role of international humanitarian law (IHL) in...
Russia's invasion and occupation of Ukraine is characterised by industrial-scale state-sponsored theft and robbery. This is particularly evident in the agricultural sector. Russian occupiers have seized land, agricultural infrastructure and millions of tons of grain,...
Following the release of the SMJT's new report which reveals the Russian campaign to cripple Ukraine's grain trade and economy, Olha Matskiv, Ukrainian Lawyer part of the SMJT was cited in the Sunday Times. The article "Starvation is Russia's favourite weapon", by...
To read the whole piece on Babel, please follow the link Russian attacks on Ukraineʼs agricultural infrastructure are an economic war, the goal of which the Russians see as the destruction of Ukraineʼs agricultural and export potential through occupation, theft and...