Samantha Holmes

Beyond Compliance Symposium: Broadening the Lens: Rethinking Civilian Harm within International Humanitarian Law

New blog post! The authors argue that, while it will never be a silver bullet for addressing all #HarmAndNeed, the protective potential of #InternationalHumanitarianLaw can be reinforced by adopting a more inclusive approach to its application and interpretation.

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Text: Harm + Need in Armed Conflict: What to Expect from Law, Policy and Practice in 2025? Beyond Compliance Consortium Roundtable, 21 January 2025, 17:30-19:00

Join us next week for a roundtable discussion on "Harm + Need in Armed Conflict: What to Expect from Law, Policy and Practice in 2025?"
🗓 21 January, 5.30-7pm GMT, LONDON + online

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Text: Beyond Compliance Symposium: The UN Children and Armed Conflict agenda as an accountability mechanism, An Online Blog Symposium

Blog post! Rocco Blume and @samantha-holmes.bsky.social explore the tools of the Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) agenda and their effectiveness in obtaining accountability for harms against children in times of conflict in effort to strengthen the mandate.

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Conflict trauma and youth: exploring approaches for recovery and conflict prevention in the Middle East and North Africa - Wilton Park This report summarises our dialogue exploring approaches to childhood and youth trauma in conflict recovery and prevention, focusing on the MENA region.

Grateful to have partaken in this @wiltonpark.bsky.social conference which highlighted the limitations of transplanting Western #mentalhealth frameworks into non-Western contexts, inc linguistic barriers & cultural & spiritual incompatibilities. It has fortified my research into mental harm & #IHL.