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SUMMARY:CSS Seminar Series -- Humanitarian Assistance and War Crimes
DESCRIPTION:The CSS and MECACS present a joint presentation;    Dr. Phil. Carsten Wieland is a scholar, German diplomat, senior UN consultant, Middle East, and conflict expert with high-ranking mediation experience.   Book Presentation "Syria and the Neutrality Trap: The Dilemmas of Delivering Humanitarian Aid through Violent Regimes"   The Syrian war has been an example of the abuse and insufficient delivery of humanitarian assistance. According to international practice, humanitarian aid should be channelled through a state government that bears a particular responsibility for its population. Yet in Syria, the bulk of relief went through Damascus while the regime caused the vast majority of civilian deaths. Should the UN have severed its cooperation with the government and neglected its humanitarian duty to help all people in need? Decision-makers face these tough policy dilemmas, and often the "neutrality trap" snaps shut.         Dr Michelle Burgis-Kasthala - University of Edinburgh  Assembling Atrocity Archives for Syria: Assessing the Work of the Commission for International Justice and Accountability and the UN Syria Mechanism.  What types of material are being archived in the midst of Syria's conflict? Who is gathering this material and for what ends? How might this material inform future criminal trials or broader transitional justice mechanisms? This talk draws on ethnographic research into two key archival actors in Syria's war to reflect on avenues for redress and responsibility through such activities.   email irevents@st-andrews.ac.uk to register https://events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/css-seminar-series-humanitarian-assistance-and-war-crimes/
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URL:https://events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/css-seminar-series-humanitarian-assistance-and-war-crimes/
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