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SUMMARY:‘Syria\, Salisbury and savings lives at war: what next for forei
 gn policy and humanitarian intervention?’ Book launch and panel discussi
 on with Hamish de Bretton-Gordon\, Sir Stephen O'Brien and Sir Christopher
  Greenwood - Hamish de Bretton-Gordon
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CONTACT:Dr Adam Coutts
DESCRIPTION:Organised by the "Research for Health in Conflict":URL https:/
 /r4hc-mena.org/\, Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) project at the Un
 iversity of Cambridge\, King's College London\, and Magdalene College\, Ca
 mbridge\n\n5pm (London)\, Friday 26th February\n\nPlease register at: http
 s://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_c-Wrmd12Qs20tQqM8gdTOw.\n\nWe are 
 pleased to welcome three leading figures in humanitarian intervention and 
 international diplomacy to discuss Hamish de Bretton-Gordon's new book - S
 yria\, Salisbury and savings lives at war.\n\nHamish has spent 30 years in
  conflict and humanitarian zones around the world. As the army's foremost 
 chemical weapons expert\, he built a unique first-hand understanding of ho
 w to prevent attacks and train doctors on the frontline -saving countless 
 lives. His experiences provide the ideal setting and historical background
  to discuss the current state of humanitarian intervention and the rapid c
 hanges we are witnessing in foreign relations. The Covid-19 pandemic and i
 ts fallout has impacted all aspects of government policy and will influenc
 e international affairs over coming years. For example\, how will reduced 
 Overseas Development Aid (ODA) affect the UK's ability to play a leading a
 nd meaningful role in humanitarian intervention and development? How do go
 vernment's deal with the new bioterror threat which Covid-19 has created? 
 And do we need new models and approaches toward humanitarian intervention 
 and international humanitarian law (IHL) to deal with changing internation
 al alliances and ongoing violations of IHL?\n\nSir Christopher Greenwood\n
 Sir Christopher Greenwood is the new Master of Magdalene College\, Univers
 ity of Cambridge\nIn 2008 he was elected by the United Nations as a Judge 
 of the International Court of Justice. He served on the Court until 2018 a
 nd was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (
 GBE) for services to international justice in the same year. The United St
 ates appointed him as one of its three appointees on the Iran-United State
 s Claims Tribunal in 2018. A Bencher of Middle Temple since 2003\, he was 
 Master Reader of the Inn in Lent 2020. He was Professor of International L
 aw at the London School of Economics from 1996 to 2008 and was appointed Q
 ueen’s Counsel in 1999.\nHis court appearances and advisory roles includ
 e the Pinochet case in the House of Lords\, the legality of using force ag
 ainst Iraq\, cases about the Lockerbie bombing and the Kosovo conflict in 
 the International Court of Justice and numerous cases before the European 
 Court of Human Rights\, the Court of Justice of the European Union and the
  English courts.\nSir Stephen O’Brien\nThe Rt. Hon. Sir Stephen O’Brie
 n KBE is a British internationalist\, humanitarian\, diplomat\, politician
 \, global health advocate and campaigner\, business leader and mentor\, in
 dustrialist and lawyer. In 2015 Sir Stephen was appointed UN Under-Secreta
 ry-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator\, lea
 ding the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. \nAs the wor
 ld’s leading Advocate for crisis-affected people\, not least in a record
  number of forceful engagements before the UN’s Security Council\, he ar
 gued for compliance and accountability under International Humanitarian La
 w\, unimpeded access to people in need and the necessary US$23 billion fun
 ds\, under the transformative Agenda for Humanity which was developed unde
 r his leadership at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul in May 2016.
  His responsibilities included oversight of all UN humanitarian operations
  globally\, and leadership of coordination mechanisms between UN agencies 
 and other partners. Sir Stephen’s term covered the time of the exponenti
 al increase to 143 million people across 40-plus countries suffering from 
 natural disasters and in grave humanitarian crises with life-saving and pr
 otection needs\, caused primarily by man-made conflict and violence\, lead
 ing to protracted and complex crises.\nHamish de Bretton-Gordon\nHamish de
  Bretton-Gordon OBE\, is one of the world's leading experts on chemical an
 d biological counter-terrorism. He is co-founder and director of Doctors U
 nder Fire with Professor David Nott\, where he helps civilians with the th
 reat from chemical weapons. He advises the UK Government at the highest le
 vel on CBRN –including the Novichok poisoning in Salisbury in 2018. He f
 requently appears in global media as an expert commentator. He is currentl
 y a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Magdalene College Cambridge.\nTwitter
 : @HamishDBG\n
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