Marta Furlan

Marta Furlan is Senior Program Manager for Research at Free the Slaves, an international human rights organization. She is also a non-resident Fellow at the Center on Armed Groups and the Orion Policy Institute. Marta holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews, where she studied governance by Salafi-Jihadist armed groups in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. Her publications have appeared in the Journal of Human Rights Practice, The Middle East Journal, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, and Civil Wars and she has contributed chapters to four edited volumes.

Armed Groups, Religious Leaders, and Humanitarian Norms: Reflecting on Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Syria and Ansar Allah in Yemen

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Most conflicts today are non-international, fought between a state and one or more non-state armed groups (NSAGs), or between NSAGs. In this context, engaging with NSAGs and de facto authorities presents a series of challenges to those humanitarian workers who seek to promote international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL). Although remarkable normative and practical advances have …

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“Rebel Courts” Book Symposium – Legality of Rebel Courts? An Assessment of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and the Taliban in Afghanistan

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When armed groups in zones of armed conflict succeed in conquering territories and establishing their control thereupon, they often (though not always) proceed to engage in practices of governance (Arjona et al. 2015). As part of their effort at (insurgent) governance, armed groups can opt to intervene in a variety of tasks, such as the provision …

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