Wednesday, 30 September 2015

German court convicts rebel leaders for crimes in eastern DRC

On 28 September, a court in Stuttgart, Germany, sentenced Ignace Murwanashyaka, head of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), and his deputy Straton Musoni for war crimes committed between January 2008 and their arrest in November 2009 in eastern DRC. The two were convicted…
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Wednesday, 16 September 2015

OHCHR Report on Sri Lanka released

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights released a report today on its investigation into breaches of human rights and international humanitarian law committed in the internal armed conflict in Sri Lanka. The investigation identified patterns of grave violations between 2002…
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Friday, 4 September 2015

New report from the Commission of Inquiry on Syria

On 3 September 2015 International Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syria Arab Republic released their latest report. This particular report looks at the distinct impacts of the war on groups and communities of civilians inside Syria. It also provides an updated view of the military…
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Thursday, 3 September 2015

Upcoming Guest Lecture: Dr Rain Liivoja

The International Law Centre at the Swedish Defence University are very pleased to welcome Dr Rain Liivoja from the University of Melbourne to share his work in this exciting field which is also the subject of research at the centre. Dr Rain Liivoja Bioenhanced Soldiers and the Prohibition…
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Wednesday, 2 September 2015

Jann Kleffner and Ola Engdahl at the Sanremo Institute's 38th Annual Round Table

Jann Kleffner and Ola Engdahl will both be participating in panels at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law's annual round table on current issues in international humanitarian law. This year the conference will be streamlined live, accessible here. The programme for the conference…
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