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IBA War Crimes Committee Conference 2025: Law on the frontlines
5 Apr 2025
Leiden University, The Hague, NetherlandsSpeaker information
Catriona Murdoch
Biography
International criminal lawyer recognised as a world-leading expert in the war crime of starvation and associated violations. Catriona has a granular knowledge of the cycle of conflict and hunger across Yemen, Syria, South Sudan, Tigray, and Ukraine, where she has led extensive field, hybrid and OSINT investigations. Called to the Bar of England and Wales and attached to 1 Crown Office Row Chambers in the UK, Catriona is ranked as a leading practitioner in the UK Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 directories. Catriona has over 15 years’ extensive international litigation experience before the UN IRMCT, ICC and ICTR courts and tribunals, advising on crimes arising out of the Rwandan Genocide, the Iraq war, and the war in the former Yugoslavia.
Session
When norms fail: impunity’s impact on international law
Saturday 5 April (1015 - 1130)
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