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