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35 years after the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the best interests of the child remain a contentious issue: A case study on the repatriation of children from ISIS
On 20 November 1989, States ratified what would become the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the…
An Effective Form of Judicial Treatment of Foreign Terrorist Fighters in Kosovo?
Introduction Following the defeat of Islamic State in 2018 in Syria, thousands of Europeans accused of fighting for ISIS remain detained in Kurdish jails in Syria, while women…
Repatriating the Children of Foreign Terrorist Fighters and the Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights
UPDATE: The CRC admissibility decision referred to in the post is no longer publicly available via ODS. I am unsure as to why that’s the case. Readers can find…
Shamima Begum may be a Bangladeshi Citizen After All
In 2015, Ms Shamima Begum, then a 15-year-old British citizen living in London, travelled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State. Her fate was unknown until recently…
Turkish Military Intervention in Mosul: A Legal and Political Perspective
In October 2016, Turkey deployed hundreds of its armed troops to the Iraqi town of Bashiqa, 12 kilometers northeast of Mosul held by Islamic State. Meanwhile, Iraqi officials…
The Situation Concerning the Islamic State: Carte Blanche for the ICC if the Security Council Refers?
At a meeting of the UN Security Council held on 27 March 2015, the possibility of a referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC) of the situation…
The Alleged Prohibition on Intervening in Civil Wars Is Still Alive after the Airstrikes against Islamic State in Iraq: A Response to Dapo Akande and Zachary Vermeer
In a recent post on ‘The Airstrikes against Islamic State in Iraq’ (hereafter “the post”), Dapo Akande and Zachary Vermeer argue that the legal justifications given…