Prof Karl Blanchet
@BlanchetKarl
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Professor in Humanitarian Public Health | Director of The Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies and InZone | Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland
Joined May 2019
Join #CPP Eminent Visiting Scholar @BlanchetKarl (Director, Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies) for a lecture on Modern Conflicts: From Public Health to Diplomacy More details and registration https://t.co/pU7FGDbX0B
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At #GSMERH2025 in Lisbon, we shared early findings from four country case studies (Mexico, Türkiye, Syria, Yemen) of the @HealthConflComm A key theme:strengthening localization of humanitarian responses. Grateful to our Commissioners&NextGen Scholars! @Humanit_Health @TheLancet
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https://t.co/2kliRkSPk9 At the BBC Proms in London a couple of nights ago, Israeli conductor Ilan Volkov spoke out at the end of the concert. Every word. Yes.
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Israeli President @Isaac_Herzog was interviewed at @ChathamHouse this week. This is how academic freedom and courage sounds like lead by the remarkable @bronwenmaddox !
LIVE NOW: President @Isaac_Herzog of Israel joins Chatham House director @bronwenmaddox in London. Live now⤵️ https://t.co/kE6MVM4TPe
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Our @HealthConflComm Commentary the @TheLancet denounces "the politicisation and obstruction of impartial health and humanitarian assistance by the Israeli Government". @Hum_StudiesGVA @unige_en @BARAKAT_Sultan
Weaponising aid is unlawful. Denying food, fuel& medicines has caused famine & mass suffering in Gaza @HealthConflComm outlines principled path forward @TheLancet @Hum_StudiesGVA @BlanchetKarl @AulaAb
https://t.co/7baMniMCJf
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Weaponising aid is unlawful. Denying food, fuel& medicines has caused famine & mass suffering in Gaza @HealthConflComm outlines principled path forward @TheLancet @Hum_StudiesGVA @BlanchetKarl @AulaAb
https://t.co/7baMniMCJf
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Thank you @BlanchetKarl for your kind words! It was an absolute privilege to share ideas with such a committed, #humanitarian, and clear-eyed audience at the 2nd World Congress on #Migration, #Ethnicity, #Race & #Health, taking place at @NOVAunl Portugal. @HBKU
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Amazing session on conflict at @GlobalSocMERH Conference with standing ovation for @BARAKAT_Sultan for his eloquent speech on #Gaza. Session co-chaired with Ozge Karadag.
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Amazing session on conflict at @GlobalSocMERH Conference with standing ovation for @BARAKAT_Sultan for his eloquent speech on #Gaza. Session co-chaired with Ozge Karadag.
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📰 New article in @TheLancet: Prof. @BlanchetKarl, our Director, @benschmid_, Dr Orit Abrahim, Dr @GhassanAbuSitt1, Prof. @BARAKAT_Sultan call on humanitarian, academic & policy communities to address the use of starvation as a weapon of war. 🔗
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#Gaza is facing man-made #famine & #genocide. In @TheLancet, @BlanchetKarl, Benjam Schmid @Hum_StudiesGVA, Orit Abrahim @Harvard, @GhassanAbuSitt1 @AUB_Lebanon and I call on #EuropeanUnion to act. https://t.co/ZqDVCAr4W4
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Europe must act: a unified call to end complicity in the Gaza famine and genocide Karl Blanchet a, Sultan Barakat b, Benjam Schmid a, Orit Abrahim c, Ghassan Abu-Sittah https://t.co/c7CD5LXV8A
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Our new article is out co-written with @BARAKAT_Sultan, @GhassanAbuSitt1, Ben Schmid and Orit Abrahim. "Europe has remained a passive bystander to the most visible famine and genocide of our time". https://t.co/qX8CPt7quF
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"In the wake of the landmark ICJ [...], all states that are party to the Genocide Convention now have a legal obligation to take material steps to put an end to Israel’s genocidal acts in the besieged Strip." By @BARAKAT_Sultan
https://t.co/8dkhIYUXfI
aljazeera.com
The first step towards ensuring peace in the region should be placing Palestinians under international protection.
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Our last day at filming our new free online course on Public Health in Humanitarian Crises with @Hum_StudiesGVA, @LSHTM and @MSF_Suisse. Release in autumn. @UNIGEnews @unige_en
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Ceasefire and protection of independent humanitarian aid are both necessary to save the lives of Gazan civilians.
A ceasefire is not enough. The Israeli military’s weaponisation of aid and starvation to displace and destroy Palestinian society will not stop as long as Israel controls aid distribution. Our new analysis shows how Israel has imposed a deadly aid system through GHF ration
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"Over 12 000 Gazans desperately need to be evacuated for medical care, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said in a plea to countries around the world to “open their doors” to evacuees."
bmj.com
Over 12 000 Gazans desperately need to be evacuated for medical care, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said in a plea to countries around the world to “open their doors” to evacuees. “As the genocide...
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Which army in the world would not protect Humanitarian aid? This is scandalous. We need to protect humanity against barbarism!
BREAKING: At least 798 people in Gaza have been killed while receiving aid, the UN human rights office has said. 🔗 Read more https://t.co/dMy0LN7wIV
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