News Roundup – 23 July 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’.
Human rights central to Colombia’s peace process, UN official stresses during her visit.
Tales of ‘White Taliban’ sketch a new legend.
Scores reported killed in Syria army ambush.
Islamist/ Kurdish fighting spreads in rebel held Syria.
100s escape in deadly insurgent attacks on Iraq prisons holding Al-Qaida militants.
Understanding the conflict in Eastern Congo (I): The Ruzizi Plan.
ICC Prosecutor: attacks against peacekeepers may constitute war crimes.
Uganda dismisses Sudan’s accusations of support to rebel groups.