War and Accountability

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Is there accountability for individuals or states who break international humanitarian law or commit war crimes? Is justice possible for the victims of war and violence in conflicts such as Ukraine, Gaza, Syria, and Sudan? Join us for a fascinating discussion with two leading experts in this area, Dr Priya Urs, Junior Research Fellow in Law at St John’s College, Oxford University, and Mark Lattimer, executive director of Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights.

Speakers

Priya Urs is the Junior Research Fellow in Law at St John’s College, Oxford and a Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict. Her research interests include the nature of international obligations erga omnes, the law on the use of force, international criminal law, and admissibility procedures at international courts. She is the author of the recently published monograph Gravity at the International Criminal Court: Admissibility and Prosecutorial Discretion (OUP 2024).
 
Mark Lattimer is Executive Director of Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights, which works in conflict-affected jurisdictions to empower civilians to document violations of their rights and to advance claims for reparation and accountability. Formerly with Minority Rights Group and with Amnesty International, his work has taken him to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Bosnia, South Sudan, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He has regularly served as an expert for UN agencies, the Council of Europe and the OSCE and his latest book is The Grey Zone: Civilian Protection Between Human Rights and the Laws of War (Oxford, Hart/Bloomsbury, 2018).
 
Chair
M. Rodwan Abouharb is an Associate Professor of International Relations at University College London. His published research with David Cingranelli demonstrates the negative the impact of World Bank and IMF program lending on human rights repression and civil conflict. His related examines the strategic behaviour of states to evade accountability for their human rights violations.
  

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