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.
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Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish rebels, complicating fight against Islamic State
Chatham House video of Brahimi discussing Syria’s Conflict and the Impact on Its Neighbours: The Long View
US airstrikes said to have killed hundreds of IS fighters
On outskirts of Baghdad, Islamic State’s advances raise tensions
The Secret Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons, but “Islamic State militants do not appear to have seized any chemical weapons”
Exclusive video shows ISIL battle in Iraq
Amnesty International: Evidence of war crimes by government-backed Shi’a militias in Iraq
Al-Qaida fighters storm security base in Yemen
Houthi fighters seize Yemen city of Ibb
Pakistani Taliban Leaders Defect to Islamic State
Unknown Armed Group Kills Four And Wounds Nine Civilians in Myanmar
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On Just Security, the second part of Reflections on Hassan v UK: A Mixed Bag on the Right to Liberty
International Crisis Group’s Global Briefing on 23-24 October 2014 (in Brussels)