About the author(s):
Katharine Fortin is an Associate Professor at Utrecht University where she teaches IHL and IHRL. Before joining Utrecht University, she worked at the ICTY, ICC and Norton Rose Fulbright. She is the author of The Accountability of Armed Groups under Human Rights Law (Oxford University Press, 2017) which won the 2018 Lieber Prize. She has written widely about the framework of law that applies to armed groups in non-international armed conflicts and is one of the editors of the Armed Groups and International Law blog.
Afghan threat to boycott Taliban talks.
Afghanistan peace talks: no surrender behind the Taliban’s white flowers.
ICC: Opening of the confirmation of charges hearing is postponed (see here for decision).
BBC Africa debate: Is Africa under threat from Islamic extremists?
Somalia UN office attack by Al-Shabaab ‘kills 15’.
The trouble with Congo is deep and widespread.
ICG Report: The Philippines: Dismantling Rebel Groups (see here for full report).
Seeking Justice for the victims of sexual violence from the armed conflict in Kosovo.