About the author(s):
Ezequiel Heffes' research focuses on international law and non-State actors. He was the Director of Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict in New York. Ezequiel also worked for Geneva Call as a Senior Policy and Legal Advisor and for the ICRC in various operational positions in Colombia, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He holds a PhD from the University of Leiden, an LLM in IHL and Human Rights from the Geneva Academy, and a law degree from the University of Buenos Aires School of Law. He has widely published on different international law issues. Ezequiel is the author of Detention by Non-State Armed Groups under International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2022) and the co-editor of International Humanitarian Law and Non-State Actors. Debates, Law and Practice (Springer/Asser Press, 2020) and of Armed Groups and International Law. In the Shadowland of Legality and Illegality (Edward Elgar, 2023).
On 28 July 2020, Diakonia Lebanon Resource Desk for International Humanitarian Law hosted an online expert panel talk: Cross-border relief operations into Syria – legal and operational aspects. This was the first public expert debate to address cross-border and cross-line humanitarian action in Syria since 2012 with a view to contributing to the international humanitarian community’s informed decision-making and operational policies that comply with international legal standards, while honouring the imperative to help millions of Syrian civilians to remain alive and in dignity.
Speakers: Professor Michael Bothe Professor of Public Law, Goethe University Frankfurt; Ms. Misty Buswell Regional Policy, Advocacy and Communication Director, International Rescue Committee; Ms. Emanuela-Chiara Gillard Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict; Ms. Rachel Sider Policy and Advocacy Advisor, Norwegian Refugee Council. Moderator: Dr. Jelena Plamenac Manager of Lebanon Resource Desk for IHL, Diakonia.