Alannah Travers

I'm a British-German PhD researcher at the School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast, focusing on algorithmic warfare and civilian harm. My work connects international humanitarian law and the impact of emerging technologies. Before this, I lived and worked in Iraq, where I remain interested in politics, personal stories and the human impact of a heating climate (see on right!)

JusticeInfo.net •

Rendez-vous à Bagdad

Entre 2013 et 2019, environ 40 000 citoyens de pays autres que l'Irak et la Syrie ont rejoint le groupe armé État islamique (EI), en provenance d'Europe, d'Afrique subsaharienne, d'Asie du Sud-Est et d'Asie centrale, et même des États-Unis et d'Australie. Lorsque des milliers d'entre eux ont été capturés sur le dernier territoire du califat vaincu, un cauchemar juridictionnel a été créé, que les États ont pour la plupart passé des années à essayer d'ignorer. Mais au moment où le Commandement...
The Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights •

Twenty years after the Haditha massacre, why are militaries no more accountable?

On the twentieth anniversary of the Haditha massacre, justice for the victims is still out of reach. The way wars are fought may be changing, but the evasion of accountability remains a defining feature of modern conflict. This post remembers the victims of Haditha and reflects on the enduring failure to deliver justice, at a time when technological advances risk deepening the same patterns of dehumanisation and impunity.
موجة Moja •

LSE and Moja round-table on Women, Law and Climate Resilience event in Baghdad overview.

The event marked the culmination of a project and report, Closing the Gap in Iraq’s Legal Framework, written by Alannah Travers with research by Sama Yas, Ahang Habib Hawrami and Yahya Ihsan Jaber. Our findings, based on interviews and fieldwork across ten provinces, shows how Iraq’s accelerating climate crisis is experienced first and foremost as a social crisis of justice and governance.
Ng Teng Fong · Sino Group Belt and Road Research I •

Fragmented Justice and Accountability in Iraq and Syria in a Multipolar World

Drawing on the contrasting trajectories of Iraq and Syria, this paper demonstrates how transitional justice itself is the contested arena shaped by power politics, legal pluralism, and selective engagement. In tracing these dynamics, and by situating these cases within a shifting geopolitical landscape, the paper shows how transitional justice is being redefined not only by domestic politics but by global power realignments, and it asks whether a universal vision of justice is still viable, or whether it will be determined by fragmented sovereignties and rival legal orders.

Revisiting Customary Humanitarian Law: The ICRC’s Study at 20

The Institute for International Peace and Security Law (Universität zu Köln) and the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) are hosting a workshop for young researchers, scheduled to take place in Bochum on September 18-19th, 2025. Over the course of the workshop, early career scholars will explore customary international humanitarian law in light of the ICRC’s 2005 study on this subject. Another conference, I look forward to attending...
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