While the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in 2014, the escalation in the conflict since February 24th has brought about a new wave of far-reaching economic, political, social, but also humanitarian consequences: Civilian casualties are on the rise. Roughly 6.5 million people have been displaced within the country and an additional 3.5 million have crossed international borders to seek shelter. In many parts of the country, shortages of food, medical goods and services, and other non-food items are being projected. 

The humanitarian situation in Ukraine as well as the local, national and international response to it bare a range of challenges – from the difficulties of establishing safe pathways to evacuate civilians from combat zones and the challenges for principle-based relief in conflict zones to the implications for global food security and the consequences of international sanctions for humanitarian actors. To examine the complexity of this crisis in greater detail, the Institute for Inter- national Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) of the Ruhr-University Bochum invites you to a series of lunch-sessions on the war in Ukraine and its humanitarian implications. In each event, we will try to highlight different perspectives and challenges to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine in a succinct manner with experts and practitioners in the humanitarian sector. 

This series of online seminars will include: