Human Rights Workshop: Bonyan Gamal and Miriam Puttick, "Seeking Reparations for Civilian Harm During Conflict in Yemen and Iraq"

Bonyan Gamal is a lawyer based in Sana'a Yemen, she is an Accountability and Redress officer at Mwatana for Human Rights, she has been working in Mwatana for 6 years, for two years she worked as a field researcher documenting human rights violations by all parties to the conflict, covering several governorates around Yemen. Then worked in the legal support unit providing legal support for the victims of detention related abuses in Yemen, focusing on Sana'a and supervising the team of lawyers in Aden and Al Houdaida governorates. She worked on several cases of Baha'i and Jewish minorities cases and women in Sana'a. She is now working on promoting accountability for Yemen through international legal action. She has worked on several issues in that field like arms trade, US drones operations and detentions and has been working on that for the last 3 years.

Miriam Puttick is Head of Middle East and North Africa Programmes at the Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights, an organization working to empower civilians in armed conflict to monitor and document violations of international law and to secure reparation and accountability for civilian harm. Previously, she worked for Minority Rights Group International, where she coordinated the organization’s Iraq and Iran programmes. She is the author of more than ten published reports on human rights topics including gender-based violence, minority rights, and transitional justice. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the University of Western Ontario, Canada and a Master’s degree in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. 

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