The Armed Conflict in Sudan: Geopolitics, Humanitarian Crisis and International Law
On Thursday 26 March 2026, the Paris School of International Affairs hosted an event on “The Armed Conflict in Sudan: Geopolitics, Humanitarian Crisis and International Law”, bringing together speakers to examine the crisis from humanitarian, geopolitical and legal perspectives.
The discussion was moderated by MIGS Fellow Dr David Donat Cattin, Adjunct Professor of International Law at the NYU Center for Global Affairs and Senior Fellow at Montreal Institute for Global Security (MIGS), and Jeanne Sulzer, Faculty Member at Sciences Po Law School and PSIA, founder of Impact Litigation. Both moderators, alongside the speakers, underscored the urgency of addressing the conflict, with particular attention to its geopolitical and legal dimensions.
The event featured the following speakers
- Prof. Roland Marchal (Sciences-Po Paris’ Center for International Studies and researcher, French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
- Dr. Matthew Hedges (PhD in Security Studies & Authoritarianism, victim of arbitrary detention & torture)
- Ms. Mathilde Simon, Advocacy Advisor, Médecins Sans Frontières.
- Ms. Eiman Seifeldin (Sudan), Chairperson, International Community Care (Germany); Human Rights Defender in Exile/Refugee-Survivor from Sudan3
- Dr. Ahmed Al-Nuaimi (UAE), Human Rights Defender in Exile; brother of one of the 43 dissidents sentenced to life-imprisonment on July 10, 2024, in Abu Dhabi
- Rodney Dixon, KC (South Africa/UK), Barrister, Temple Garden Chamber (London-The Hague); Attorney before all international tribunals
- Prof. Jeanne Sulzer, Science Po Law School & PSIA; Founder, Impact Litigation; Attorney before the ICC
- Dr. David Donat Cattin (Italy), Adjunct Professor of Int’l Law, NYU Center for Global Affairs; Senior Fellow, Montreal Institute for Global Security; Chair of the Scientific Committee, Global Initiative Against Impunity (GIAI)
You can watch the event here.
A summary of the event can be found here.
