Daniela Ciobanu

Daniela Ciobanu is a LL.M. candidate in Public International Law at Utrecht University, with specialization in Conflict and Security. She has completed her Bachelor in International and European Law at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. She is interested in various International Humanitarian Law issues ranging from occupation, human rights in occupied or controlled territories, to ensuring (personal) data security of civilian systems in the context of cyber operations. Her interest in these topics developed not only from her academic studies, but also from her internship at Kosovo Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor’s Office, as well as her growing up in a post-Soviet country (i.e. Moldova) facing occupation issues.

Humanitarian Assistance: At the mercy of territorial State’s consent and the consequences of trespassing it

By Daniela Ciobanu / August 29, 2023

In two recent blog posts regarding humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of the earthquake in Türkiye and northwest Syria, the expectations between law and reality has set two different positions on the matter. On the one hand, Jelena Pejichas argued that under International Humanitarian Law (‘IHL’), humanitarian aid, besides the facts that it needs to be impartial, …

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