Matt Pollard
Matt Pollard is a Legal Adviser in the ICRC’s Legal Division. As a thematic Legal Adviser, he addresses starvation and hunger in situations of conflict, private military and security companies and persons deprived of liberty. He is also part of the team updating the ICRC’s legal commentaries to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Protocols.
Matt has held senior legal roles in non-governmental organizations, and previously practised law in a private law firm. He has a law degree from the University of Victoria, Canada, and an LLM and PhD in international law from the University of Essex, United Kingdom.
Posts by the contributor
Complying with IHL in large-scale conflicts: movement, mass displacement and maintaining family links
14 mins read Analysis / Complying with IHL in large-scale conflicts / GCIV Commentary / Humanitarian Action / IHL / Migration Matt Pollard & Helen Obregón Gieseken
What private businesses need to know about international humanitarian law
11 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / Law and Conflict / Scope of application Matt Pollard, Fauve Kurnadi & Coline Beytout-Lamarque
IHL and the challenge of maintaining food security in armed conflict
11 mins read Access / Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Generating Respect for IHL / IHL / Special Protections Matt Pollard
Beyond access: three considerations for food security and famine prevention during armed conflict
12 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict Ariana Lopes Morey, Menty Kebede & Matt Pollard