Recording Casualties in Armed Conflict

A Bosnian Muslim woman prays at a memorial to victims of
the Srebrenica massacre (AFP)

The long-term aim of this human security project is to build the technical and institutional capacity, as well as the political will, to record details of every single victim of violent conflict, worldwide. This represents the next step beyond existing estimation and other aggregate ‘measurement’ of human losses (such as numerical totals) to the identification and documentation of each and every individual who is killed or injured in armed conflicts. Among other benefits, such recording acts as a memorial for posterity and a recognition of our common humanity across the world.......Rest Here

Human Security and the Middle East

The Middle East team this month has paid close attention to a number of key factors that will shape its future work. These include the Obama speech in Cairo and the election results in the Lebanon and Iran. A Liddite conversation was held on 4 June to coincide with Obama’s speech. The evening roundtable was framed around Financial Times chief foreign affairs commentator David Gardner’s book "Last Chance: The Middle East in the Balance". The quality of the meeting was particularly satisfying because of the number of Middle East specialists around the table with special input from Salman Sheikh, Orit Gal, Tony Klug, Paul Hilder and David Gardner himself. The team has also recently received a substantial grant from a US foundation to support the Iran work......

RCAC Event for Doctors: 'Documenting Every Victim of Conflict' - PDF

A special RCAC fundraising event, aimed at doctors, is being organised for September (download PDF flyer here). A presentation and discussion will be led by John Sloboda, FBA, (Oxford Research Group, Iraq Body Count) and Madelyn Hicks, MD, MRCPsych (King’s College London), who will introduce a new initiative to ensure that the death of every individual killed in armed conflict is publicly documented, and how the skills, insights, values and generosity of the medical profession can support it. Please circulate details among your medical contacts.