HEAD OF THE ADVISORY SERVICE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW AT INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS - ICRC

Since 2008 when she first joined the ICRC, Dr. Quintin has held various positions, both at headquarters in Geneva and in the Washington, DC delegation, working on the dissemination and implementation of IHL with various audiences. Before joining the ICRC, Dr. Quintin worked for the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and for the San Remo Institute. She has also held academic positions, including as a visiting lecturer at the Paris School of International Affairs (Sciences Po Paris) and at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, and as a visiting scholar at the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law at the University of Melbourne. Anne is the author of The Nature of International Humanitarian Law (Elgar, 2020) and of numerous articles on IHL, and is the co-author of the online casebook How Does Law Protect in War, alongside Marco Sassòli, Antoine Bouvier and Julia Grignon. Dr. Quintin holds a PhD in IHL from the University of Geneva, a degree in politics, philosophy and economics from the University of Kent, England, a master’s degree from the Institut d'Études Politiques in Lille, France, and an LLM in international humanitarian law from the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.

DOCTOR, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATE

Dr. Hamza al-Kateab was featured in the BAFTA-winning and OSCAR-nominated documentary FOR SAMA which was filmed, narrated and directed by his wife, Waad al-Kateab.
From 2012 to December 2016, Hamza delivered frontline medical care to thousands of people shortly after graduating as a doctor. He was one of the last remaining doctors in Eastern Aleppo as manager of Al-Quds Hospital, which he set up for the treatment of non-trauma cases. In December 2016, Hamza and his family fled Aleppo, moving to the UK (London) in 2018. He has, until recently, been working as Operations manager in Huozhi/Amanacard - a groundbreaking scheme that provides a financial lifeline to people trapped in crisis zones and aims to scale up its efforts across the Middle East.
Hamza now dedicates his time to continued advocacy efforts around ending the targeting of hospitals in Syria, and participates in events and talks across the UK and beyond. He is the Co-Founder of Action For Sama alongside Waad - an impact campaign created to turn the incredible worldwide reaction to FOR SAMA into action for Syria. Dr. al-Kateab recently finished studying towards a Masters Degree in Public Health, Health Services Management at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.