In early April 2023, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) released a much-needed study on “Detention by Non-State Armed Groups: Obligations under International Humanitarian Law and Examples of How to Implement Them.” The focus of the study is the law and practice relating to detention by non-State armed groups (NSAGs). It explains the legal framework …
The Generating Respect Project invites paper submissions for the conference Religious Actors & Humanitarian Norms Compliance in Armed Conflict: Roles, Influence, Engagement that will take place online between 8 and 10 December 2021. The conference will take stock of important developments relating to the engagement between humanitarians and religious actors aimed at generating greater respect for humanitarian norms in …
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Happy new year to our readers! We want to take this opportunity to wish you all a wonderful 2021 and thank you for reading the blog in 2020. Below is a list of the 5 posts that received the most views last year. We hope to have relevant discussions about armed groups and international law …
This week, Geneva Call published a new report on the Conduct of Hostilities by Armed Non-State Actors (ANSAs). The report emerges out of the third edition of the Garance Talks, which took place on February 2020, and focuses on the application of the rules of IHL governing this topic: distinction, proportionality and precaution. The 2020 …
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Up at Opinio Juris, you can find the latest post by Anne Schintgen “Compliance Symposium: The Role of the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict”, in our co-hosted symposium on Compliance in Armed Conflict. Check it out here!
Up at Opinio Juris, you can find the latest post by Annyssa Bellal and Pascal Bongard “Compliance Symposium: Pariah or Stakeholders? Enhancing Compliance with Humanitarian Norms by Including Non-State Armed Groups’ Views and Practice” in our co-hosted symposium on Compliance in Armed Conflict. Check it out here!
Up at Opinio Juris, you can find the latest post by Ibrahim Salama and Michael Wiener “Compliance Symposium: ‘Faith for Rights’ in Armed Conflict” in our co-hosted symposium on Compliance in Armed Conflict. Check it out here!
Up at Opinio Juris, you can find the latest post by Ahmed Al-Dawoody and Fiona Terry “Compliance Symposium: Generating Respect for Humanitarian Norms: Research and Practice in Muslim Contexts” in our co-hosted symposium on Compliance in Armed Conflict. Check it out here!
Up at Opinio Juris, you can find the latest post by Katharine Fortin “Compliance Symposium: A Participation Revolution – Time for More Bottom-Up Approach in the Compliance Toolbox? in our co-hosted symposium on Compliance in Armed Conflict. Check it out here!
That the effectiveness of international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL) faces challenges from different quarters is not news. It is, rather, an observation that has been made by scholars and practitioners alike – to the point of tritness. Whilst we deeply acknowledge the importance of discussing the manifold challenges to humanitarian …