Solferino 21: Warfare, Civilians and Humanitarians in the Twenty-first Century
To mark the 160th anniversary of A Memory of Solferino, Henri Dunant’s powerful book that inspired the founding of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and the First Geneva Convention of 1864, Hugo Slim has written Solferino 21.

Based on research funded by the National Red Cross Societies of Germany, Norway and Britain, as well as the International Committee of the Red Cross, this new book examines the state of warfare, civilians and humanitarian aid in the twenty-first century so far and its likely evolution in the next ten years.

To launch Solferino 21, Professor Dapo Akande will chair a panel to discuss what today’s changes in warfare mean for military ethics and humanitarian aid with Dr Hugo Slim (Senior Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall and ELAC at the University of Oxford), Sorcha O’Callaghan (Director of the Humanitarian Policy Group) and Professor David Whetham (Professor of Ethics and the Military Profession at King’s College London).
Date: 22 February 2022, 17:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Hilary 2022)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: and via Zoom
Speakers: Chair: Professor Dapo Akande (Oxford), Dr Hugo Slim (Oxford), Sorcha O’Callaghan (ODI), Professor David Whetham (KCL)
Organising department: Blavatnik School of Government
Part of: Blavatnik School of Government Events
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/solferino-21-warfare-civilians-and-humanitarians-twenty-first-century
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editors: Laura Spence, Belinda Clark