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Recently published: How Armed Groups Made International Humanitarian Law
Boyd van Dijk (Sciences Po) has recently published “Norm Making from the Margins: Armed Groups, the Algerian War, and South-South Legal Politics” in International Organization. The article is available in open access. In the article, he asks where the model of the IHL-invoking armed group has come from. Focusing on the Front de Libération Nationale’s legal activism during the …
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Sama is currently the News Roundup Editor (2026) for the Armed Groups and International Law blog. She holds a degree in International Relations from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), specializing in Swiss Law and International Law. Her thesis examined the role of the United Nations Security Council in the protection of civilians in Syria under international humanitarian law. Sama currently works with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and is a member of the Swiss Society of International Law (SSDI) and the International Law Association (ILA).
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