NEW blog post! Marking 75 years since the adoption of the Geneva Conventions Dr. Ezequiel Heffes explores how the landscape of #ArmedConflicts has changed and with it the degrees of #compliance exercised by non-State #ArmedGroups. 👇 👇 Read all at: buff.ly/4ezKu7H

🚨Do not miss the latest piece of the Symposium we're hosting with Articles of War! "Beyond Compliance Symposium: Armed Groups, Compliance and International Law. There is more than meets the eye", by Dr. Ezequiel Heffes 👇👇👇 armedgroups-internationallaw.org/2024/10/10/bey…

🔊Pleased to contribute to the Beyond Compliance Blog Symposium (Beyond Compliance Consortium), hosted by Articles of War and Armed Groups and International Law 👇

📢 Save the date! Watchlist is organizing a Peace Panel at @GenevaPeaceWeek 2024 "Safeguarding the Present and Future: Ensuring that CHildren are Protected in War" 🗓️ October 16, 2024 ⏰ 13:00-14h30 CEST 📍Geneva & Online 🔗 Register here👇👇👇 genevapeaceweek.ch/en/programme/s…

Narratives of the negative impacts of #war are dominated by physiological harms & often reduced to casualty counting; yet, life & limb are not all that is threatened in war. Read my latest for Armed Groups and International Law where I observe war’s profound & pervasive impacts on #mentalhealth.

Maybe a good time to re-read "The Legal Protection of Personnel of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations in Times of NIAC", by Keiichiro Okimoto, in International Humanitarian Law and Non-State Actors Debates, Law and Practice (T.M.C. Asser Instituut Press)👇 link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

🚨Very much looking forward to sharing some initiatives to improve the situation of children affected by armed conflict at the ABILA 2024 International Law Weekend #ILW2024 in New York, alongside a great line-up of speakers👇👇👇

🔊We're looking for a research consultant to work on Myanmar, join us!!👇👇👇

New blog post! With observations from the Nasa Indigenous people's experience of harm in #Colombia, @piergiuseppe_pa argues that the #IHL framework is insufficient to address spiritual harm caused by armed conflict. 👇👇 Read all at: buff.ly/4ezKu7H

In 2024, some 210 million people live in areas controlled by armed groups, of which the ICRC engages with 60%. In this post, Matthew Bamber-Zryd shares insights on the ICRC’s critical humanitarian engagement amidst state-imposed & security barriers. ms.spr.ly/6012WryG0

📢Philippines: Continuous Decrease in Grave Violations & Discussion Around Peaceful Resolution of Conflict Offers Hope for Sustainable Protection of Children 👇👇👇 childrenandarmedconflict.un.org/2024/10/philip…

New blog post! Andrew Bartles-Smith highlights the importance of looking at religious + non-Western thought systems to complement and reinvigorate dominant Western conceptions of #HumanitarianAction. 👉 Read all symposium posts at: bit.ly/3TtrzTW /1

My new post for the Beyond Compliance project on Buddhism and IHL International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) SOAS Centre of Buddhist Studies Christie Kilby SOAS Law The Generating Respect Project Stefania Travagnin 史芬妮/阿芬 UK Association for Buddhist Studies H-Buddhism @justinwhitaker.bsky.soc ☮️ Dr. Justin S. Whitaker linkedin.com/posts/beyond-c… #buddhism #ihl

🔊Check out today "Exploring new approaches to humanitarian engagement with armed non-state actors: the role of religious leaders in promoting compliance with IHL", by Anaïs Brunier👇👇👇 armedgroups-internationallaw.org/2024/11/20/exp…

📢 NEW Watchlist Report: Implementing the ‘Children and Armed Conflict’ Agenda: Analyzing Data on Trends, Enabling Factors, and Persistent Challenges in Situations with Listed Parties Read it here: watchlist.org/publications/d…

📢NEW: December 2024 CAAC Monthly Update Watchlist's last CAAC Monthly Update of the year is out now and covers recommendations to the UNSC and its Working Group for the protection of children in #DRC and #Yemen. Read it here: Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update -

This #GivingTuesday, donate to Watchlist to support our work advocating for the protection of #children in conflict. Your generous support helps us achieve our mission of ending grave violations of children's rights in armed conflict. Donate here 👉givesignup.org/DonationWebsit…

ICYMI, our third webinar on children and armed conflict, Turning Commitments Into Action, is tomorrow, December 11th at 9am Eastern Time (New York, NY, US). Registration is still open, so reserve your spot!' Register here: buff.ly/3ZKDOPr

🚨We are thrilled to re-introduce the Symposium we're hosting together with Articles of War on the 2024 Al Hassan case before the ICC Trial Chamber, with contributions of leading experts 👇👇👇 armedgroups-internationallaw.org/2025/02/05/al-…

🚨 Check out Dr. Ezequiel Heffes' post today as part of the #AlHassan symposium we're co-hosting with Articles of War: "International Human Rights Law, Nexus and Non-State Armed Groups: Still a Mystery" 👇👇👇 armedgroups-internationallaw.org/2025/02/10/al-…