Wednesday 19 June 2024
07:45
Janine di Giovanni
The Reckoning Project: How to Catch War Criminals
Freshly returned from the front line, Janine will discuss the groundbreaking efforts her organisation is making to gather firsthand testimonies and evidence of war crimes in Ukraine. Collaborating closely with prosecutors, The Reckoning Project aims to eradicate impunity and bring perpetrators to justice.

Janine di Giovanni is the Executive Director/CEO of The Reckoning Project and the Tom and Andi Bernstein Visiting Fellow for Human Rights at Yale Law School, Schell Center for Human Rights. During the Arab Spring and the Syrian war, Di Giovanni was the Middle East Editor at Newsweek reporting on international security. She was the Senior Foreign Correspondent for the Times of London prior to that, reporting on more than 18 armed conflicts on four continents. Her experience in war zones spans 32 years in the Middle East, the Balkans, and Africa. She is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Board Member of the Institute of War and Peace Reporting and Association of Foreign Press Correspondents.
CEO of The Reckoning Project
Janine di Giovanni is the Executive Director/CEO of The Reckoning Project and the Tom and Andi Bernstein Visiting Fellow for Human Rights at Yale Law School, Schell Center for Human Rights. During the Arab Spring and the Syrian war, Di Giovanni was the Middle East Editor at Newsweek reporting on international security. She was the Senior Foreign Correspondent for the Times of London prior to that, reporting on more than 18 armed conflicts on four continents. Her experience in war zones spans 32 years in the Middle East, the Balkans, and Africa. She is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Board Member of the Institute of War and Peace Reporting and Association of Foreign Press Correspondents.