About the author(s):
Rogier is a researcher at the Netherlands Defence Academy (NLDA) and works at the Dutch National Prosecutor’s Office. He holds LL.M-degrees from Utrecht University and the University of Nottingham. Before taking up his current positions, he was an associate legal officer in Chambers at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and a legal adviser at the International Humanitarian Law Division of the Netherlands Red Cross.
Rogier is an adjunct-lecturer at the Hague University of Applied Sciences, where he teaches international humanitarian law, and he co-convenes the Hague Initiative for Law and Armed Conflict.
Central African Republic:
CAR rebel leader Djotodia names caretaker government
South African Defence force union demands CAR rebel leader’s indictment for using child soldiers
Democratic Republic of Congo:
The Economist: A hint of peace in Congo: The arrest of a warlord may help a bit to calm down a turbulent region
UN Security Council approves intervention force to target armed groups in DR Congo
DR Congo hails UN attack force, as does the UN Secretary-General, but M23’s leader Bisimwa reject UN force (see, however, also M23 rebels vow not to attack UN in DR Congo)Sudanese rebel group releases 31 kidnapped Darfuris
Bosnian War Crimes Chamber jails Vlahovic for 45 years for war crimes
Syria:
March ‘deadliest month’ in Syria’s war
Photo Of 8-Year-Old Syrian Rebel
Syrian government: Campus attack marks rebel escalation in Damascus
Further news:
Aljazeera blog: Bracing for chaos in northern Mali
Amnesty International: India Armed groups in Jammu and Kashmir must cease targeting civilians More on India: Police say 12 Maoist rebels killed in 2-day gunfight between rival rebel groups in east India
US: Combined Force Arrests Senior Taliban Leader in Afghanistan
Minor progress made in peace talks between Thai authority and southern insurgents
UN General Assembly approves global arms trade treaty