Ignacio Packer
Executive Director
Biography
AT ICVA, global consortium of humanitarian NGOs, Ignacio strengthens the impact and collective voice of NGOs. He leads its engagement with the highest levels of the UN, governments and civil society actors. He also served in the NGO sector as global CEO, Director of Programmes, field representative and in the private sector. He will be joining Initiatives of Change in May 2023.
Organisation
International Council of Voluntary Agencies
NGO
Speaker session
Putting IHL at the heart of external action: Ensuring accountability
Aquarium
Building on the first European Humanitarian Forum, as well as on the UNGA high-level event on accountability for sexual violence and other violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), this session continues the discussion on the means to improve monitoring of violations against IHL.
The session will discuss how the EU ensures that IHL is at the heart of its external action, and how EU Member States best can promote IHL. In addition, the session will evaluate how the ICC as well as preventive measures supported under ECHO’s Programmatic Partnership with the ICRC can promote IHL compliance in the current global context.
Ilze Brand Kehris
Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights
Biography
Ilze Brands Kehris assumed her functions as Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights on 14 January 2020, heading the UN Human Rights Office in New York. She is a former member of the UN Human Rights Committee and has held leadership positions in national and regional level human rights organisations, including the EU Fundamental Rights Agency, the OSCE and the Council of Europe.
Organisation
UN Human Rights Office in New York
Speaker session
Putting IHL at the heart of external action: Ensuring accountability
Aquarium
Building on the first European Humanitarian Forum, as well as on the UNGA high-level event on accountability for sexual violence and other violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), this session continues the discussion on the means to improve monitoring of violations against IHL.
The session will discuss how the EU ensures that IHL is at the heart of its external action, and how EU Member States best can promote IHL. In addition, the session will evaluate how the ICC as well as preventive measures supported under ECHO’s Programmatic Partnership with the ICRC can promote IHL compliance in the current global context.
Ilze Feifa
ECHO Partnership Manager
Organisation
Save the Children
NGO
Speaker session
Putting IHL at the heart of external action: Ensuring accountability
Aquarium
Building on the first European Humanitarian Forum, as well as on the UNGA high-level event on accountability for sexual violence and other violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), this session continues the discussion on the means to improve monitoring of violations against IHL.
The session will discuss how the EU ensures that IHL is at the heart of its external action, and how EU Member States best can promote IHL. In addition, the session will evaluate how the ICC as well as preventive measures supported under ECHO’s Programmatic Partnership with the ICRC can promote IHL compliance in the current global context.