Q1: Please can you explain your role as SR for Food, when you were appointed and the duration of your term and mandate? My role as Special Rapporteur (SR) on the right to food is to promote and monitor the implementation of Article 11 of the International Covenant...
A Doctor in international law, Mr. Bahram Ghazi has extensive experience in human rights and their implementation. He is currently an advisor on economic, social and cultural rights, cities, urbanization, land and human rights for the United Nations Office of the...
Q1. What is the mandate of Mwatana Organization for Human Rights, why it was established and what motivates you to continue amidst the difficult and dangerous circumstances of investigating crimes in Yemen? Mwatana was Established in 2007 by myself and Abdulrasheed...
Q1. Please could you explain your professional background and how you came to frontline and special reporting? I studied at York university in England and was fortunate enough to graduate into the financial crisis of 2007. So, getting any leg in journalism...
13 December 2018 Q1. How long have you been with The World Food Programme and what attracted you to them? A: I’ve been with World Food Programme (‘WFP’) since the end of 2009. I was in Rome initially then I came to Geneva. WFP is a humanitarian organisation and...
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...