2015-06-24 On 16 June 2015 the High-Level Independent Panel on United Nations Peace Operations presented its report to the UN Secretary General. The Panel was established by the Secretary General in October 2014 to make a comprehensive assessment of the state of UN peace operations today, and the…
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Monday, 22 June 2015
Report from UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict published
2015-06-22 On 22 June 2015 the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict published its findings. The Commission of Inquiry was established by the Human Rights Council on 23 July 2014 in its resolution S-21/1 to "investigate all violations of international humanitarian law and international…
Friday, 5 June 2015
The International Law Centre's Jann Kleffner lectured at the University of Pretoria.
2015-06-05
On May 21 and 22, Professor Jann Kleffer of the International Law Centre gave lectures on the topics "Organized Armed Groups under LOAC and IHRL" and "Implementation and Enforcement of LOAC and IHRL" in the postgraduate programme LLM "International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights…
The International Law Centre's Marika Ericson participates at Almedalen
2015-06-05
The International Law Centre's Marika Ericson will participate as an expert at the seminar "Gråzonen - normer för fred och krig i en ny säkerhetspolitisk situation i Europa" ("The grey zone - norms for peace and conflict in a new security policy situation in Europe") at Almedalen. The…
Swedish MoD presents new report on protective emblems in LOAC
2015-06-05
During
a hearing at the Swedish Ministry of Defence (MoD) on 27 May 2015 Dick Clomén from the Swedish Red
Cross and Liv Bernitz from Swedish Ministry of Justice presented a report on
the history of the protective emblems in law of armed conflict (LOAC) and the transformation of
Additional…
Monday, 1 June 2015
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urges states to investigate human rights violations by international forces in the CAR
2015-06-01
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid
Ra’ad Al Hussein, issued a press release on Saturday 30 May 2015 stating that he had urged
several states to intensify their efforts to investigate allegations that their
forces in CAR may have committed very serious violations. These violations
included…
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