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.
Things have been a bit busy over the past few months, and the news roundup has fallen by the wayside. However, as we are consistently told by practitioners and academics that the roundup is helpful – we have taken steps to reinstate it in 2018. This news roundup has been prepared by Sam Jackson, former LLM student of Utrecht University who is currently researching issues relating to armed groups and international law.
How law protects persons with disabilities in armed conflict
ICRC president warns over ‘explosive mix’ of urban conflicts
Congolese warlord found liable for $10 million reparations
Congo fighters jailed for life for child rape ceremonies: rights groups
Rebel infighting leaves Yemen’s capital more divided than ever
Yemen war: Air strikes on rebel prison in Sanaa ‘kill 30’
Philippines Extends Martial Law in South for Another Year
Macron calls for Sahel force against armed groups
Lafarge paid 13 million euros to armed groups to keep operating in Syria: rights group
Alistair Burt calls for urgent and unhindered humanitarian access to Eastern Ghouta
Russia will keep bases in Syria to strike at insurgents: Kremlin
Syrian army and Iranian-backed militias push towards Idlib province
U.N. says 137 Syrian sick kids stranded in rebel enclave
MSF estimates more than 6,700 Rohingya killed in Myanmar
War-scarred neighborhoods in Ukraine’s rebel-held Donetsk
Hezbollah Shifts Its Focus to Israel in the Wake of Washington’s Jerusalem Move
Libya: European governments complicit in horrific abuse of refugees and migrants