Monday, May 31, 2021
Introduction to International Humanitarian Law (IHL)
Speaker: Marco Sassòli (Director, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Switzerland)
Monday, May 31, 2021
Careers in International Humanitarian Law
Speakers: Chris Harland - Moderator (Deputy and Legal Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross), Samid D'Cunha (Protection Delegate, International Committee of the Red Cross) and Elise Groulx (Human Rights Lawyer)uesday, June 1st, 2021
The Conflicts of Yemen
Speakers: Omar Mekky (Regional Legal Coordinator for Middle East and North Africa, International Committee of the Red Cross) and Rasha Jarhum (Co-Founder and Director, Peace Track Initiative)
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Protecting the Environment: IHL as a Solution
Speakers: Mazin Qumsiyeh (Professor, Bethlehem and Birzeit Universities), Aung Thiri Shwesin (Environmental Research Fellow, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University) and Iryna Nikolaieva (Consultant, Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe - OSCE, OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine)
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Ethiopia and the Tigray Crisis
Speakers: Daniel Mekonnen (Human rights lawyer) and Lea Mehari (Founder, Addis Ababa University International Humanitarian Law Clinic)
Friday, June 4, 2021
Responding to Sexual Violence in Conflict
Speakers: Valerie Oosterveld (Professor, Faculty of Law, Western University), Margot Wallström Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sweden, 2014-2019) and Fati Ibrahim Makintami (Nigerian Lawyer)