The online forum Just Security is holding a mini-forum on the Serdar Mohammed v. Secretary of State for Defense (full text) judgement which was handed down last week by Mr. Justice Leggatt of the High Court of England and Wales. The mini forum starts with a post by Derek Jinks entitled ‘Does IHL authorize detention in NIACs?’ and …
Nelleke van Amstel recently published In Search of Legal Grounds to Detain for Armed Groups in the latest issue of the Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies. In this post, Nelleke discusses her main arguments set out in the said article. At the time of writing the article, Nelleke was a legal adviser at the Netherlands Red Cross. Naturally, the …
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Last week, the Human Rights Committee held a public discussion in Geneva in preparation for a new General Comment on Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Article 9 of the ICCPR recognises that everyone has the right to liberty and security of person and states that no one shall be …
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The latest issue of the Military Law and the Law of War Review (Volume 50, Issue 3-4) deals, besides other articles and bok reviews , specifically with the ECHR’s Al-Jedda (summary and judgment) and Al-Skeini (summary and judgment) cases: – F. Naert, The European Court of Human Rights’ Al-Jedda and Al-Skeini Judgments: an Introduction and …
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Rebels in Syria’s largest city said to seize two police stations. Syrian rebels acquire surface to air missiles. Syrian rebels hold pro-government prisoners in former school. Syrian rebel shootings condemned. New International Crisis Group report on Syria: ‘Syria’s Mutating Conflict’. Car bombs kill 19 in Iraqi capital.
The International Review of the Red Cross has dedicated its last two editions to the theme of armed groups. Issue number 882 is on ‘Understanding Armed Groups and the Applicable Law’ and the articles on this topic are as follows: Editorial Editorial: understanding armed groups and the applicable law – IRRC June No 882 The …