Civilians organise ‘human shield’ to protect Kurdish Afrin Kurdish fighters vow to fight Turkey army after Afrin withdrawal Syrian Rebels, Backed by Turkey, Seize Control of Afrin Syrian Rebels Agree to Evacuate Qaeda-Linked Fighters From Eastern Ghouta Syria’s Assad visits army in eastern Ghouta as rebels in talks Thousands of women, men, children raped in …
Things have been a bit busy over the past few months, and the news roundup has fallen by the wayside. However, as we are consistently told by practitioners and academics that the roundup is helpful – we have taken steps to reinstate it in 2018. This news roundup has been prepared by Sam Jackson, former …
Livestream to ALMA’s IHL Forum this evening: Recent Events in Syria “Things that money alone cannot buy”: defining reparations in cases of sexual violence. Ms Virginia Gamba of Argentina for Special Representative of the Secretary General on children and armed conflict. April monthly update on children and armed conflict, by Watchlist. Rebel court sentences Yemen …
Question for Obama’s Syria plan: who are the ‘moderate’ rebels? UN report details ‘staggering array’ of human rights abuses in northern Iraq (see here for report). Analysis: why are western women joining the Islamic State? Fighting rages in Iraq’s Anbar province. ISIS flag flying in town near Turkey. Syrian rebels say US airstrikes are bolstering …
Today, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mrs Fatou Bensouda published the OTP’s long-awaited Policy Paper on Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes (Policy Paper). The Policy Paper is based on the Draft Policy Paper which was published on 7 February 2014 and circulated for public comment. On 7 March 2014, Fatou Bensouda said that her office had received …
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Yemeni army and Shia rebels agree a ceasefire. On Taliban video, a message as soldier is released: don’t come back. Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad wins third term. Hostage video of French man kidnapped in Mali shown. Nigerian villagers killed in ‘Boko Haram church attack’. ICRC: Sexual violence in the DRC: telling the story and overcoming the …
Nearly 60 States back referral of Syria conflict to the ICC. Aleppo’s most wanted man – the rebel leader behind tunnel bombs. Syrian fighting gives Hezbollah new but diffuse purpose. Nigerian city rocked by deadly twin blasts. ECOWAS why we must crush Boko Haram. Redress Q&A on the appeal in the Lubanga case. Sudan: continued …
Yesterday, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), released a manual to identify best practices in the prosecution of sexual violence crimes in post-conflict regions. The manual drew on the OTP’s nearly 20-year experience in prosecuting sexual violence crimes perpetrated during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. During the Genocide, …
Security Council strengthens efforts to end impunity for conflict-related sexual violence (see here for resolution). Syrian regime and rebels step up offensives against eachother as international community begins. Lebanon clashes: at least 16 soldiers killed in Sidon. Taliban flag is gone in Qatar but talks remain in doubt. Mali Civil Society rejects Tuareg peace deal …
G8 Nations classify rape, sexual violence as war crimes. HRW Report on Syria conflict: ‘Death from the Skies’ – Deliberate and Indiscriminate Air Strikes on Civilians (see here for press release and here for report). Syrian rebel group declares Al-Qaida ties, as Kerry diplomats discuss crisis. Nigeria militants reject amnesty. Central African Republic: ex-prisoners speak …