Q1: Can you explain the role of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen (‘Group of Experts’) and the importance of the extension of its mandate? The Group of Experts was established pursuant to a request by the Human Rights Council to the...
Q1: Please can you explain your role as Chief Legal Officer and Head of the Legal Division at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)? The ICRC has been given the mandate by States to be the Guardian of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), to work for...
Q.1 Please can you describe your role as a Commissioner on the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan and outline the mandate of the Commission? I have been a Commissioner since September 2017, and am very honoured to have been asked by the UN Human Rights...
Q.1 What is Damaan’s mandate, why was it established and when Damaan Humanitarian Organisation is a Syrian / Dutch public benefit organisation. It is the result of a collective effort by many activists and professionals who share a sense of responsibility &...
Q1: How long have you been with the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and what does your role entail? I have been with the Department since 2011. My main task is to shape and coordinate Switzerland’s policy regarding the International Criminal Court...
Q1. Please explain the mandate of Save the Children (STC) and how, if at all, it has changed since 2017 with the declaration of famine in South Sudan and the rise of food insecurity more generally across the ‘four famine countries’ and the impact of this upon...
Hichem Khadhraoui is the Director of Operations of Geneva Call, a humanitarian organization promoting better respect for International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights to Armed Non States actors in conflict settings. Before joining Geneva Call, he worked for...
Dan directs the Food Security and Livelihoods in Complex Emergencies Research Program at the Feinstein International Center, and in 2016-2017, he served as the Acting Director of the Center. His recent research focuses on the re-emergence of famines in the 21st...
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...