News Roundup – 12-13 May 2014
Boko Haram demands release of fighters for girls and Government hints at prisoner swap deal
Chad closes border with CAR due to violence
UN says Joseph Kony’s whereabouts known
South Sudan’s army, rebels blame each other for breaking ceasefire
UN chief calls for tribunal on S Sudan crimes
U.N. May Refer Syria Conflict to War Crimes Court, see here for France’s draft resolution
‘The ICC may not bring justice to Syria’
Human Rights Watch: “Strong Evidence Syrian Government Used Chemicals as a Weapon”
Syria’s war economies add fuel to the conflict
Multiple car bomb blasts across Baghdad
Gunmen storm Iraqi military barracks, killing 20
Prosecutor of the ICC, Fatou Bensouda, re-opens the preliminary examination of the situation in Iraq
Qaeda Affiliate Steps Up Video Propaganda Push
‘Yemen’s war against al-Qaeda’
International Crisis Group report: “Afghanistan’s Insurgency after the Transition” (report, press release and summary)
Rebel-Set Land Mine Kills Seven Police Officers in India
UN weighs laws for future ‘killer robots’
Ní Aoláin at Just Security: Assessing Serdar Mohammed through the Prism of Derogation and Detention
Annyssa Bellal
Katharine Fortin
Rogier Bartels