News Roundup – 24 April 2013
About the author(s):
Katharine Fortin is an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University where she teaches international humanitarian law and international human rights. Before joining Utrecht University, she worked at the ICTY, ICC and Norton Rose Fulbright. She is the author of The Accountability of Armed Groups under Human Rights Law (Oxford University Press, 2017) which won the 2018 Lieber Prize. Katharine has written widely about the framework of law that applies to armed groups in non-international armed conflicts and she is one of the editors of the Armed Groups and International Law blog. She has recently started a 3-year NWO-Veni research project called ‘Dangerous Liaisons: civilian agency, armed groups and international law’.
Israel says it has proof that Syria has used chemical weapons.
Qatar faces backlash among rebel groups in Syria.
Syrian rebel oil sales at least a month off.
Hezbollah says Syrian rebel threat creates ‘moral duty’.
ICC Prosecutor’s statement in relation to CAR.
Children’s education in CAR devastated by conflict, UN says.
South Darfur: rebel group says it shelled Nyala airport.