Gaza, Darfour: quel est l’intérêt de la Convention sur le génocide ?

Du Soudan à la Palestine, en passant par la Bosnie, le Myanmar et l’Irak, la définition internationale restrictive du génocide n’a guère permis qu’une autre forme de guerre juridique, déployée de manière sélective. Les cas récents du Darfour et de Gaza ont encore mis en lumière les manipulations dont la Convention sur le génocide fait l’objet, explique Alannah Travers. Et les civils sont laissés à l’abandon.

Iraq’s 2024 Personal Status Law Amendment debate: The challenges and adaptability of Islamic legal theory

From Babylon’s pioneering Hammurabi Code to Baghdad’s bustling Islamic jurisprudence at the very heart of the Abbasid Empire, codes of honour and legal regulations have been present in Iraq for thousands of years. Over the previous century, these have included the imposed British ‘Occupied Territories Code’ of 1915, and heavily US-influenced 2005 Constitution, following invasion and occupation between 1914 and 2003.

Addressing civilian harm in UK overseas military operations: The role of international law in shaping accountability and reparations

In this essay, the role of international law in shaping such accountability and reparations for civilian harm as a result of UK overseas military operations will be assessed, considering particularly the UK military’s investigations and absence of a formalised civilian harm compensation scheme for victims, as well as the positions of relevant actors, including the UK government and MoD, civil society organisations, human rights bodies, and domestic and regional courts – in cases such as Al-Skeini and Al-Saadoon.

ICSR and XCEPT - December 2024

In this panel event to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Yezidi genocide, Dr Inna Rudolf, Mirza Dinnayi, Alannah Travers, and Sarah Sanbar reflect on the challenges still facing the Yezidi community today. They explore the failures of the national and international communities to deliver justice, the barriers stopping many Yezidis from returning home, and the legacy of discrimination that precedes the atrocities committed by Islamic State in 2014.
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