About the author(s):
Ezequiel Heffes is the Director of Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict in New York. Prior to joining Watchlist, Ezequiel worked for Geneva Call as a Senior Policy and Legal Advisor and for the ICRC in various operational positions in Colombia, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He holds a PhD from the University of Leiden, an LLM in IHL and Human Rights from the Geneva Academy, and a law degree from the University of Buenos Aires School of Law. He has widely published on different international law issues. Ezequiel is the author of Detention by Non-State Armed Groups under International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2022) and the co-editor of International Humanitarian Law and Non-State Actors. Debates, Law and Practice (Springer/Asser Press, 2020).
I’m very pleased to announce that Andrea Farrés Jiménez has joined the blog as the news editor.
Andrea is a Spanish qualified lawyer holding a master’s in international law from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. Her primary research interests are in the fields of international humanitarian law, disarmament and security studies. She has experience in collaborating with different stakeholders around human rights, criminal law and humanitarian action. Andrea won a research-based essay contest organized by the ICRC, which allowed to publish and present her findings related to artificial intelligence and warfare in a roundtable organized in San Remo.
At the same time as Andrea joins the blog, Sam Jackson will step down from his position as news editor. Thank you, Sam! As always, do not hesitate to get in touch if you have a relevant publication or news that you think we should publicize.