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Focus on the arms trade: state responsibility, accountability and private actor compliance

30 Jul 2025

Online, Online, England

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Florence Foster

Biography

Florence Foster is a Senior Project Manager at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. Florence is an accomplished researcher and social justice advocate with a wealth of expertise in diplomacy and conflict resolution as well as international law with a focus on human rights, corporate responsibility and arms control. With over a decade of international experience, she has held pivotal roles engaging with the United Nations system, through which she has driven initiatives that integrate human rights and peacebuilding, enhance accountability mechanisms, and address the far-reaching impact of business on global security, notably the arms sector.