The oldest war crime in the book? Humanitarian aid under fire after the airstrikes on the Kunduz hospital
| Dates: | 11 November 2015 |
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| Times: | 17:30 - 19:30 |
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| What is it: | Lecture |
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| Organiser: | School of Arts, Languages and Cultures |
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| Who is it for: | Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public, University staff |
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| Speaker: | Prof Bertrand Taithe, Dr Rony Brauman, Bruno Jochum, Martin Browne, Markus Geisser |
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Hospital and medical structures around the world are under fire today. Did the airstrikes on the MSF Kunduz hospital change anything? How do the laws of war apply today? Can the humanitarian campaigns led by the Red Cross Movement and MSF make a difference?
Register to attend this event - the only event of its kind taking place on this issue, with representatives from both Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and International Committe of the Red Cross (ICRC) - https://hcrikunduz.eventbrite.co.uk
Tonight's event will be live streamed. We will be taking questions from Twitter using ?#?hcrikunduzevent?. Join the debate. Whether you're attending the event in person or online, you can also use this as a platform for engagement throughout the event. http://man.ac.uk/m4CfBN
Speakers
Prof Bertrand Taithe
Role: HCRI Executive Director
Organisation: Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI)
Dr Rony Brauman
Role: President of MSF from 1982-1994, and HCRI Director
Organisation: Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI)
Bruno Jochum
Role: General Director of OCG and member of the project committee of the Medical Care under Fire project
Organisation: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Martin Browne
Role: Associate Researcher
Organisation: Manchester International Law Centre
Markus Geisser
Role: Senior Humanitarian Affairs and Policy Advisor
Organisation: International Committe of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Travel and Contact Information
Find event
Theatre A
University Place
Manchester
