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.
Colombia:
Colombia’s president wants rebels to set deadline for peace
International Crisis Group: A Dangerous Setback in Colombia
Geneva Call: New steps in Geneva Call’s discussions with the FARC-EP delegation in Havana
Nigeria/Boko Haram:
Amnesty International report: ‘Our Job is to Shoot, Slaughter and Kill’: Boko Haram’s reign of terror in North-East Nigeria
Boko Haram attacks 2 villages in Cameroon, kills 12
“I’ve seen the Taliban’s brutality in Afghanistan. Boko Haram might be worse.”
Libya:
Ten said to be killed in new fighting in Libya’s Benghazi
Deaths reported in fighting near Libya’s capital
Talks resume between Libyan rivals in Morocco
Syria/Iraq/ISIS:
‘The deepest circle of hell:’ Terrified Yarmouk residents describe ISIS raid
Rebels in Syria bombard government-held part of Aleppo
Syria Steps Up Airstrikes in Rebel-Held Areas of Aleppo
Tracking Syria’s deadly toxic chemical attacks
Thousands of Iraqis flee as Islamic State makes gains in Sunni heartland
Iraqis unearth mass graves in city where Islamic State ruled
Deadly blast hits US consulate in Erbil
ISIL fighters overrun several villages in western Iraq
Iraqi forces fight IS militants at gates of Anbar provincial capital
Yemen:
Yemen conflict: UN places arms embargo on Houthi rebels
Yemeni rebel mortar attack kills 3 Saudi border guards
Al-Qaeda seizes airport in eastern Yemen
ICRC: ICRC prevented from delivering medical assistance to people in Maareb (Yemen)
Yemeni Army Tries to Safeguard Oil Fields as Qaeda Fighters Advance
Human Rights Watch: Fighting in Yemen Damages Hospital and Factory Airstrike Killed 31 Civilians
Human Rights Watch asks Saudi Coalition/US to Curb Civilian Harm in Yemen
Other:
Searching for Peace and Justice in Guatemala
Taking female armed rebels seriously
Human Rights Watch: Cluster Bombs Used in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains
U.S. Army Trainers Arrive in Ukraine
Ukraine military, rebels accuse each other of increased attacks
Deadly suicide bombings hit Afghanistan’s Jalalabad
Philippine government: Bangsamoro law will also result in disarmament of other armed groups
Two posts on Just Security on the killing, allegedly by a US drone, of Ibrahim al-Rubaysan, an alleged leading cleric of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and the question whether such a cleric can constitute a legitimate military target: by Gabor Rona and Ryan Goodman