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International criminal justice: There and back again - international courts’ recent dispute on complicity in international crimes
Antonio Coco
10 February 2014
Over the course of the last 12 months we have witnessed one of the most interesting legal disputes in international criminal justice in recent times. The debate has revolved around the definition of “aiding and abetting,” a form of participation in a crime essentially consisting of lending...
Humanitarian law & policy in 2014: Detention by non-state armed groups
Marina Mattirolo
10 February 2014
Download: Humanitarian Law & Policy in 2014: PHAP Speakers on Upcoming Issues and DevelopmentsAs has been the case systematically over the past few years, the great majority of armed conflicts taking place in the world are of a non-international character. This situation is not likely to change...
Displacement and protection in Southeast Asia: Slow-onset disasters and migration
Dario Carminati
10 February 2014
Writing at the beginning of the year, it is a good time to remind ourselves of some of the developments and trends in Southeast Asia that are affecting citizens and migrants in terms of access to rights, development, and security: climate change and natural disasters; political instability and its...
Humanitarian law & policy in 2014: The need for a new forum to address weapons
Stuart Casey-Maslen
10 February 2014
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Humanitarian law & policy in 2014: The Janus moon rising - Why 2014 heralds United States’ detention policy on a collision course… with itself
Christopher Jenks
10 February 2014
Download: Humanitarian Law & Policy in 2014: PHAP Speakers on Upcoming Issues and Developments2014 will serve as a test of the United States’ claims that its detention policy is consistent with the law of armed conflict (LOAC). If, as President Obama has repeatedly stated, U.S. involvement in...