Pursuing creative legal strategies to fight impunity for atrocities against aid workers
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Humanitarian Talks
Information
This session will focus on why so few perpetrators of violence against aid workers are prosecuted. We will explore whether impunity can be addressed by deploying creative legal strategies and pursuing justice for atrocities through national, regional and international courts and accountability mechanisms.
Organisers
Legal Action WorldwideOCHA
Speakers
Kate NORTON
Operations DirectorLegal Action Worldwide (LAW)Maureen MAGEE
Regional DirectorCentral and West Africa (NRC)Nathalie WEIZMANN
Senior Legal OfficerUnited Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA)Antonia MULVEY
Founder and Executive DirectorLegal Action Worldwide (LAW)