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 …
Over the coming week, along with Opinio Juris, we are happy to co-host a symposium on Compliance in Armed Conflict: New Avenues to Generate Respect for Humanitarian Norms, co-organized by Ioana Cismas and I. We will have the honor to read about innovative compliance generation strategies from a list of renowned scholars and practitioners, including …
Non-State armed groups (NSAGs) with different degrees of organization and control have been involved in numerous armed conflicts over the past 30 years, thus representing one of the main dramatis personae (the characters in the play) within the international scene. Not only do these entities use armed violence to achieve multiple goals, they also create …
On 28 July 2020, Diakonia Lebanon Resource Desk for International Humanitarian Law hosted an online expert panel talk: Cross-border relief operations into Syria – legal and operational aspects. This was the first public expert debate to address cross-border and cross-line humanitarian action in Syria since 2012 with a view to contributing to the international humanitarian community’s …
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 …
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Up on Opinio Juris, you can find my latest post, ‘Non-State Armed Groups’ Organizational Structures: Some Thoughts and Inquiries’ in our co-hosted sympsium on Organizing Rebellion. Check it out here.
It is our pleasure to introduce Frédéric Mégret as a guest blogger on the site. He is a Full Professor of Law and a William Dawson Scholar at McGill, and has widely published on different issues, including on international criminal justice, international human rights law, IHL and general international law. Frédéric’s post will present some …
Attacks against health care in armed conflicts represent one of the greatest humanitarian challenges of our days. In a number of ongoing situations, medical workers are kidnapped, injured or killed, medical facilities and transports are bombed, shelled or looted, wounded fighters and patients are often under attacked and fighting takes place within or near health …
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