Maria Golub
Leading Expert
Organisation
Southern Development Strategy
NGO
Speaker session
Safeguarding principled humanitarian action from the unintended negative impact of sanctions and counter-terrorism
Studio
This session will build upon developments in 2022 by addressing the unintended negative impact of sanctions and counter-terrorism, and present potential solutions to tackle practical challenges.
The session will incorporate voices from the field with the express purpose of highlighting the challenges under which humanitarian operators deliver humanitarian aid under sanctions or CT regimes. In this context, the session will discuss risk management by analysing the impact of humanitarian exemptions/derogations on increasing or lowering the risk of circumvention of sanction regimes. Finally, the session will debate the legal framework by narrowing in on the question of whether humanitarian exemptions/derogations facilitate an efficient delivery of humanitarian assistance and mitigate any potential unintended negative impact of sanctions regimes. Specifically, the session seeks to evaluate whether the harmonization of exceptions in sanctions regimes and their language facilitates the efficient delivery of humanitarian aid.
Maria Judah
Deputy Assistant Director, Regulatory Affairs
Biography
Maria Judah, Deputy Assistant Director, Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Treasury Department, Office of Foreign Assets Control
As Deputy Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs at the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Maria helped lead the agency ’s efforts to implement the humanitarian exception in UNSCR 2664(2022) through general licences. She previously served as an attorney for the U.S. Treasury Department and at an international law firm, and has also worked at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Organisation
U.S. Treasury Department, Office of Foreign Assets Control
Other
Speaker session
Safeguarding principled humanitarian action from the unintended negative impact of sanctions and counter-terrorism
Studio
This session will build upon developments in 2022 by addressing the unintended negative impact of sanctions and counter-terrorism, and present potential solutions to tackle practical challenges.
The session will incorporate voices from the field with the express purpose of highlighting the challenges under which humanitarian operators deliver humanitarian aid under sanctions or CT regimes. In this context, the session will discuss risk management by analysing the impact of humanitarian exemptions/derogations on increasing or lowering the risk of circumvention of sanction regimes. Finally, the session will debate the legal framework by narrowing in on the question of whether humanitarian exemptions/derogations facilitate an efficient delivery of humanitarian assistance and mitigate any potential unintended negative impact of sanctions regimes. Specifically, the session seeks to evaluate whether the harmonization of exceptions in sanctions regimes and their language facilitates the efficient delivery of humanitarian aid.
Maria Zuber
Head of Unit
Biography
Head of Unit, Security and Situational Awareness in the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO, European Commission)
Maria Zuber has worked in the European Commission since 2007 dealing with various portfolios concerning human rights, migration, security, humanitarian aid, civil protection and international trade. She led on the EU's conclusion of the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, negotiated mobility chapters of the EU free trade agreements and coordinated relations of the Commission with the Council of the EU on home affairs. Having led a team responsible for a legislative reform of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism and served as a deputy Head of the Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC), she is currently a Head of Unit responsible for Security and Situational Awareness in DG ECHO. She holds a Master degree in international relations from Warsaw University and a postgraduate diploma in laws issued by the University College London.
Organisation
European Commission
EU institutions
Speaker session
Safeguarding principled humanitarian action from the unintended negative impact of sanctions and counter-terrorism
Studio
This session will build upon developments in 2022 by addressing the unintended negative impact of sanctions and counter-terrorism, and present potential solutions to tackle practical challenges.
The session will incorporate voices from the field with the express purpose of highlighting the challenges under which humanitarian operators deliver humanitarian aid under sanctions or CT regimes. In this context, the session will discuss risk management by analysing the impact of humanitarian exemptions/derogations on increasing or lowering the risk of circumvention of sanction regimes. Finally, the session will debate the legal framework by narrowing in on the question of whether humanitarian exemptions/derogations facilitate an efficient delivery of humanitarian assistance and mitigate any potential unintended negative impact of sanctions regimes. Specifically, the session seeks to evaluate whether the harmonization of exceptions in sanctions regimes and their language facilitates the efficient delivery of humanitarian aid.