Dominik Stillhart
Ambassador, Deputy Director General
Biography
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).
Organisation
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Other
Speaker session
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
European Union Special Representative
Biography
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.
Organisation
Human Rights
Speaker session
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.
Valentina Auricchio
Head of Unit
Organisation
DG ECHO.D.4
EU institutions
Speaker session
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.