Use of Force, and International Humanitarian Law

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International Law in Brief

UN Releases Report on Humanitarian Law Violations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (May 13, 2015)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On May 13, 2015, the United Nations released a report on the Democratic Republic of the

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International Law in Brief

U.K. High Court Rules that European Convention on Human Rights Applies to Wrongdoing by British Forces in Iraq (March 29, 2015)

Author: 
Monica Moyo

On March 29, 2015, the England and Wales High Court ruled in Al-Saadoon v.

Hassan v. United Kingdom: A New Approach to Security Detention in Armed Conflict?

On September 16, 2014, in Hassan v. United Kingdom,[1] the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) interpreted how international human rights law (IHRL) should coexist with international humanitarian law (IHL) in a way that appears to give primacy to certain elements of human rights law.

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Topic 1
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19
Issue: 
7
Author: 
Diane Webber
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Extraordinary Chambers in Courts of Cambodia Charge Man for Grave Breaches of Geneva Conventions (March 3, 2015)

Author: 
Monica Moyo

On March 3, 2015, the International Co-Investigating Judge of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia charged Meas Muth in absentia for grave breaches of the