Dominik Stillhart joined the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Deputy Director General and Head of Humanitarian Aid within the Swiss Development Cooperation early 2023. Before, he worked 30 years with the ICRC, as Director of Operations from 2014 until 2022. He holds a Master's degree in Economic Sciences (University of St. Gallen) and a MSc in Social Policy&Planning (LSE).
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Putting IHL at the heart of external action: Ensuring accountability
Aquarium
Building on the first European Humanitarian Forum, as well as on the UNGA high-level event on accountability for sexual violence and other violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), this session continues the discussion on the means to improve monitoring of violations against IHL.
The session will discuss how the EU ensures that IHL is at the heart of its external action, and how EU Member States best can promote IHL. In addition, the session will evaluate how the ICC as well as preventive measures supported under ECHO’s Programmatic Partnership with the ICRC can promote IHL compliance in the current global context.
Eamon Gilmore is the EU Special Representative for Human Rights and also the EU Special Envoy for Colombia. He is a former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland. He was a member of the Irish Parliament from 1989 to 2016, and was Leader of the Irish Labour Party.
Putting IHL at the heart of external action: Ensuring accountability
Aquarium
Building on the first European Humanitarian Forum, as well as on the UNGA high-level event on accountability for sexual violence and other violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), this session continues the discussion on the means to improve monitoring of violations against IHL.
The session will discuss how the EU ensures that IHL is at the heart of its external action, and how EU Member States best can promote IHL. In addition, the session will evaluate how the ICC as well as preventive measures supported under ECHO’s Programmatic Partnership with the ICRC can promote IHL compliance in the current global context.
EU institutions
Putting IHL at the heart of external action: Ensuring accountability
Aquarium
Building on the first European Humanitarian Forum, as well as on the UNGA high-level event on accountability for sexual violence and other violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), this session continues the discussion on the means to improve monitoring of violations against IHL.
The session will discuss how the EU ensures that IHL is at the heart of its external action, and how EU Member States best can promote IHL. In addition, the session will evaluate how the ICC as well as preventive measures supported under ECHO’s Programmatic Partnership with the ICRC can promote IHL compliance in the current global context.