A family sits outside their tent at the refugee camp in Atmeh (Qatma), Syria. They fled violence in their home town in Idlib province and are part of the mammoth humanitarian disaster facing Syria and surrounding countries today.
The War and Peace Studies program and STAND Against Genocide present “Syria Interventions: Military, Legal, and Humanitarian Intervention in Syria and Beyond” on Tuesday, Jan. 28, at 5 p.m. in the Margaret M. Walter Hall Rotunda.
This event is an interactive, round-table discussion with experts in international law, politics, and humanitarian aid.
Guest speakers are:
- Larry Yungk, Senior Resettlement Officer in the United Nations High
- Commissioner for Refugees’ Office for the United States and Caribbean
- John Quigley, Professor Emeritus of Law at The Ohio State University
- Laura Neack, professor of Political Science at Miami University
This event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Center for International Studies, the War and Peace Studies program, the College of Arts & Sciences, the International Student Union, the Student Senate Appropriations Commission, Ohio University STAND Against Genocide, and the Center for Law, Justice & Culture.
Free hummus (and more!).
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