On 28 November, the Geneva Graduate Institute was pleased to welcome Mirjana Spoljaric, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), for her first public keynote address in Geneva. This event was organised in partnership with the Fondation pour Genève and was introduced by the Director of the Institute, Marie-Laure Salles.
During her address, Ms Spoljaric, along with Mohamed Mahmoud Mohamedou, Deputy Director and Professor of International History and Politics at the Institute, discussed the humanitarian impacts of conflicts globally and how to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
The keynote address can be found in its entirety here.
This episode features a conversation between Stuart Campo, Team Lead for Data Responsibility at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs’s Centre for Humanitarian Data, Charlotte Lindsey, Chief Public Policy Officer at the CyberPeace Institute, Balthasar Staehelin, Special Envoy for Foresight and Techplomacy at the International Committee of the Red Cross, and Achim Wennmann, Director for Strategic Partnerships at the Geneva Graduate Institute. This discussion sheds light on the cyber threat landscape and its impact on the humanitarian sector, and focuses on the meaning of humanitarian protection in the digital space and the role International Geneva should play.
This episode was produced in partnership with the Diplomatic Club of Geneva and the CyberPeace Institute.