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.
Ukraine:
Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists trade accusations as Minsk deal frays
Ukraine’s rebels mete out rough justice in authority vacuum
Yemen:
Child casualties highlight brutal cost of Yemen conflict as civilian deaths mount
Life under siege in Yemen: ‘Bullets and shrapnel came into the house’
Small steps forward? International pressure and accountability for atrocities in Sri Lanka
Air strikes kill civilians in Yemeni capital
Syria, Iraq, ISIS:
Islamists Seize Control of Syrian City in Northwest
Islamist rebels battle Syrian army near Assad heartland
Israel Kills Armed Militants From Syria in Strike on Golan
Islamist fighters said to have seized southern Syria crossing
Isis leader incapacitated with suspected spinal injuries after air strike
Baghdad officials blame Sunni displaced for wave of bombings
Afghanistan:
Taliban launch spring offensive with rocket attack on U.S. base
Appeal by Kunduz airstrike victims’ families fails
Afghan delegation heads to Qatar for talks with the Taliban
Other news:
Colombia and the Farc: are peace talks unravelling?
Ugandan ADF Rebel Commander Killed in Congo
Libya militia ‘launches air raids’ against IS
International Crisis Group report: The Chaos in Darfur
Debate in the NY Times: Should a Court Approve All Drone Strikes? (with, e.g., O’Connell, Hakimi and Guiora)
Israel indicts three soldiers for alleged crimes during Gaza war
Pakistanis see double standard in drone strikes
Myanmar ethnic rebels meet to discuss nationwide ceasefire