GHRN Public Seminar: "Humanitarian ethics in war: ends, means, rights and dilemmas”
Thursday 1 March 2012, 17.15 – 19.00, University of Glasgow, Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre
Location E15 on Campus map: http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_1887_en.pdf
Speaker: Dr Hugo Slim
Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict , University of Oxford
Dr Hugo Slim is a leading scholar in humanitarian studies with particular expertise in humanitarian ethics, the protection of civilians, conflict resolution, and international business ethics. Hugo worked as a frontline humanitarian worker for Save the Children UK and the United Nations in Morocco, Sudan, Ethiopia, the Palestinian Territories and Bangladesh. In 1994 he was appointed Reader in International Humanitarianism at Oxford Brookes University where he co-founded an award winning Masters programme for international humanitarian workers. From 2003-2007 he was Chief Scholar at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva, leading policy work on civilian protection and conflict mediation.
Formerly on the board of Oxfam GB and an International Advisor to the British Red Cross, Hugo has advised many of the world’s leading humanitarian agencies, including the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and many leading NGOs. Hugo has published more than sixty academic papers and his most recent books include: Killing Civilians: Method, Madness and Morality in War (Hurst/Columbia University Press 2008).
Event jointly organised by Glasgow Human Rights Network & Glasgow University Global Security Roundtable
All are welcome – free of charge
If you plan to attend please register below or at http://ghrn-slim.eventbrite.com