News Roundup – 3-6 January 2015
Colombian ELN Rebels Could Agree To Peace Deal, Rebel Leader Says
ICRC: Violence CAR continues to take toll on civilians
MSF: ‘The suffering of the people is fuelling the armed conflict in CAR’
ICC Prosecutor Urges Nigerians to Refrain From Violence
Armed groups to be ‘neutralised’ says UN DR Congo envoy after massacre near Beni
Violence in north-east Nigeria spreads suffering across borders
Uganda: Rebel Commander’s Remains Believed Discovered
South Sudan Rebel Leader Hopeful Peace Talks Will Resume
International Crisis Group report: Sudan and South Sudan’s Merging Conflicts
UN rights chief warns escalation in Ukraine fighting ‘catastrophic’ for country’s civilians
Rebels pound Ukrainian troops after peace talks fail
Amnesty International: Horror of civilian bloodshed in indiscriminate attacks
Syrian ex-rebel charged with war crimes in Sweden
ISIS Killing, Torturing, Using Children As Suicide Bombers, Says U.N. Report
UNESCO deplores ‘cultural cleansing’ of Iraq as armed extremists ransack Mosul libraries
Human Rights Watch’s World Report 2015
Blog posts on the upcoming appeal in the Serdar Mohammed case:
Ruchi Parekh and Ryan Goodman on Just Security, Kevin Jon Heller with two posts (here and here) on Opinio Juris. Related to the case, see also this new article by Sean Aughey and Aurel Sari
Annyssa Bellal
Katharine Fortin
Rogier Bartels