Peru: Haunted by the violence
Unión Alto Sanibeni is a small community of Asháninka people located in the jungle of central Peru. During the country's internal conflict in the 1980s and 1990s, violent clashes frequently broke out …
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Without urgent action to protect essential services in conflict zones we face vast humanitarian disaster
… to ensure sanctions regimes and counter-terrorism measures comply with IHL, notably … the scope of sanctions regimes and counter-terrorism measures), must be put in place to …
Cameroon: Humanitarian reporting awards
… action challenged by national counter-terrorism measures; • The dilemma of the … with armed actors; • War reporting; • Terrorism and non-international armed …
Rwanda: Future lawyers square up in simulated war-crimes trial
… competition, a public lecture themed "IHL and Terrorism" shall be delivered to law students, …
Jordan: Launch of the Professional Standards for Protection Work
… and the potential implications of the counter-terrorism legislation on the activities of …
Ninth Senior Workshop on International Rules Governing Military Operations (SWIRMO).
… acts, which have led to a wealth of counterterrorism measures. There is no doubt that it … blurring the lines between armed conflict and terrorism, with potentially adverse effects on IHL. While the legal frameworks governing terrorism and IHL have some common ground – …
The rules of war protect people. Here’s how
Stories of when international humanitarian law (IHL) works rarely make the news. We don't see the stories of the pilots who decided not to drop a bomb after assessing that too many people would be …
When law is respected, peace is easier to achieve - UN Human Rights Council 2017
… is not applicable in a context of fighting terrorism." "The law imposes unfair symmetric … conflict today – including in certain counter-terrorism operations – is often just moving …
The law does not discriminate: Neither can we
… on the respect of basic principles in counter terrorism operations and on asymmetric … elaborate sanctions procedures and counter-terrorism measures. Humanitarian principles …
The Additional Protocols at 40: upholding humanity in today's conflicts
… apply in contemporary conflicts, in which terrorism, siege warfare, cyber warfare and … law. When it comes to modern challenges like terrorism and asymmetrical warfare, these are …
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