OxBHR Network Series: In Conversation with Krystel Bassil
Krystel Bassil
Senior Legal Officer of the Human Rights and Business Unit at the Syrian Legal Development Programme (SLDP)
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This is a hybrid event. To attend online, register here. The in-person event will take place in the Gilly Leventis Meeting Room at the Bonavero Institute. Please note that this event may be recorded.
The event will be a presentation by and discussion with Krystel Bassil, a Senior Legal Officer of the Human Rights and Business Unit at the Syrian Legal Development Programme (SLDP). The SLDP has the mandate to create initiatives and increase the ability of stakeholders, including Syrian organisations, state actors and international organisations to influence and use alternative forms of accountability against perpetrators of corporate-related human rights abuses in the Syrian conflict.
Speaker: Krystel Bassil
Prior to joining SLDP, Krystel worked as a business and human rights consultant advising along with leading experts on a wide range of projects across the private sector, international organizations, and academic institutions. She is admitted to the Beirut Bar and worked as a lawyer in arbitration and human rights. Krystel holds a master of laws degree from SOAS, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, a law degree in public law from the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon, and a degree in political science from the Saint-Joseph University of Beirut.