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.
15th October 2013
Amnesty International: Deaths of hundreds of Boko Haram suspects in Nigerian custody requires investigation (see here for the public statement)
France said to send extra troops to Central African Republic
DR Congo accuses M23 rebels and Rwanda of plotting new attacks
Life near the frontline in eastern DRC
African Leaders Endorse Expansion of Amisom Forces for Somalia
UN deplores violence in Syrian refugee camp that killed seven Palestinians
Taliban leader warns Afghanistan: Don’t deal with Americans
16th October 2013
International Crisis Group: Women and Conflict in Afghanistan (for executive summary see here and for report see here).
Syria conflict: Christians fleeing conflict.
UN targeted by rebel forces in DRC.
950 plus rebel suspects in Nigeria died in custody this year.
Nigerian military says 40 Islamic militants killed.
Russia says foiled a plot to attack chemical weapons facility.
Thailand: three insurgent suspects killed in firefight.
Kurdish rebel chief urges ‘meaningful’ peace talks.