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To thrive or merely to survive? The continuum of humanitarian assistance and the case of the Gaza Strip by Eitan Diamond, Outgoing Executive Director, Gisha - Legal Center for Freedom of Movement

  • Seminar Room G, Manor Road Building Manor Rd, Oxford OX1 3UQ (map)

Drawing from an analysis of international standards regulating humanitarian assistance in situations of armed conflict, this talk will explore the scope of the State of Israel’s obligations to provide assistance and protection to the population of the Gaza Strip. 

Eitan Diamond is an international lawyer specializing in international humanitarian and human rights law. He has served as a legal advisor at the Israeli NGO B’tselem (2005-7) and the Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Israel and the Occupied Territories (2007-14) and subsequently as director of the NGO Gisha (2014-15). Eitan holds an LLB from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an LLM in Public International Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science and is currently a doctoral candidate at Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of Law.

This event is open to the public and a light lunch will be served outside the seminar room at 12.50pm

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