Endless Conflicts & International Law

A collaborative research project of @FU_Berlin and @UofGlasgow, exploring protracted conflicts & the humanitarian-development-peace nexus in international law.

[Endless Conflicts & International Law @EndlessConflic2]

As a wrap-up of our recent discussions @UofGlasgow on prospects and challenges surrounding human rights-based approaches to protracted conflicts, a policy brief edited by @AndreasB0, @SofieTerrey and Giedre Jokubauskaite is now available on our website: https://t.co/WsaSpD7KgN

[Endless Conflicts & International Law @EndlessConflic2]

Upcoming next Monday! Our team members @AndreasB0, @SofieTerrey and Giedre Jokubauskaite together with @h_lovat will lead a multi-stakeholder discussion on 'Human rights-based approaches to development' and how they are (not) related to international human rights law. Join us!

[Endless Conflicts & International Law @EndlessConflic2]

Upcoming next Monday! Our team members @AndreasB0, @SofieTerrey and Giedre Jokubauskaite together with @h_lovat will lead a multi-stakeholder discussion on 'Human rights-based approaches to development' and how they are (not) related to international human rights law. Join us!

[Glasgow Centre for International Law & Security @UofGCILS]

📢📅Our colleagues from @EndlessConflic2 project, together with the ‘International Law Under Pressure’ research programme (PI @h_lovat) are hosting a hybrid event on Monday 27 March at the @UofGARC. For details & registration please visit their website: https://t.co/pcW6WghJtd.

[Sofie Terrey @SofieTerrey]

So the #UNSC has adopted a standing exemption to its sanctions regimes in Res. #2664 (see the great blogpost on this by @Dustin_A_Lewis and @NazModirzadeh https://t.co/f3uIWocSHl). That’s great! But are really all humanitarian actors safe from sanctions? (1/4)

[Endless Conflicts & International Law @EndlessConflic2]

Tomorrow, our DRC team will finalize their policy document on international aid and armed conflicts in the east of the DRC. @univ_cath_congo will host a meeting of the various participants in this project, including @MONUSCO @UNDP and civil society: https://t.co/UnSHo1XQaU

[Endless Conflicts & International Law @EndlessConflic2]

Our PhD fellows @Munichsdorfer and @SofieTerrey's paper presented at this year's #ESILRF2022 @UofGLaw is now out in the @esil_sedi Paper Series!

[Ansgar Münichsdorfer @Munichsdorfer]

The working paper @SofieTerrey and I presented at #ESILRF2022 is finally out in the @esil_sedi Paper Series: https://t.co/lIm4RBT8wF. In it, we assess whether humanitarian exemptions in counterterrorism frameworks are the ‘progress’ they are portrayed as. We argue that ... 1/3

[Endless Conflicts & International Law @EndlessConflic2]

In a new blogpost, @Fran_zi_s_ka explores what the UN Secretary General @antonioguterres' recent 'Youth, Peace and Security' report contributes to the humanitarian-development-peace nexus agenda! Read the full article on our website: https://t.co/N0R2mPIUzs

[Endless Conflicts & International Law @EndlessConflic2]

Can the humanitarian-development-peace nexus act as a sustainable solution against armed conflict in the DRC? Our DRC team member Pascal Sundi will discuss his research on 22 June 12 pm (UK time) with @RebeccaAnneLaw. Join us via: https://t.co/zwz25ShNxg

[KFG "International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?" @kfg_intlaw]

A paper revolution through which barricades were erected - our fellow Anam Soomro offered a TWAIL history of the passport in her presentation on "People, Paper and Power: The Birth of the Passport in International Law" at our meeting today.

[Endless Conflicts & International Law @EndlessConflic2]

How are race, class, neoliberalism and colonial history entangled with political struggles in Colombia's main city-port? Our team member Johanna Del Pilar Cortés-Nieto will discuss her latest research tomorrow (June 8) at 12 noon (UK time). Join via: https://t.co/QXtvrTNDOM

[Endless Conflicts & International Law @EndlessConflic2]

Will mediation during development finance planning prevent social tensions and armed conflict and further a more inclusive development? Register now for a panel discussion (7 June/3pm) on a new @IIED report co-authored by our PI Giedre Jokubauskaite: https://t.co/0khh61SIBz

[Glasgow Centre for International Law & Security @UofGCILS]

🗓️📢On 7 June 2022 at 3.00pm, GCILS' Dr Giedre Jokubauskaite together with @DrCTurner (@DGSI_ Durham University) will be hosting the launch of their report, published by @IIED, on Mediation and development related conflict. Details and registration: https://t.co/HUH5chMbTe

[Endless Conflicts & International Law @EndlessConflic2]

Happening at @UofGCILS right now: Engaged discussions and reflections concerning the Peace Treaty Initiative as an endeavor to encourage negotiation and sustainably end armed conflicts. @AsliOzcelik_ @IFITtransitions @UCLLaws

[Endless Conflicts & International Law @EndlessConflic2]

On 16 May, our co-investigator @AsliOzcelik_ @UofGCILS together with Prof. Kimberley Trapp @UCLLaws and Mark Freeman @IFITtransitions will host a workshop (invitation-only) to discuss law & policy issues around the Peace Treaty Initiative. More info here: https://t.co/qwhx4YHPJB

[Endless Conflicts & International Law @EndlessConflic2]

Last month, @SofieTerrey and @Munichsdorfer discussed their new research contribution to the Endless Conflicts project at @esil_sedi Research Forum @UofGlasgow. A recap of the event is now available here: https://t.co/ckkZ9epBdk

[Endless Conflicts & International Law @EndlessConflic2]

Earlier this year, our DRC-team exchanged with local civil society actors from the conflict affected East of the DRC in a workshop on humanitarian aid in armed conflict. You can find more information and their report here:
https://t.co/HlwMe3Ja5M

[ESIL-SEDI @esil_sedi]

🟢LIVE: Panel #2 on "The UN as a Security Actor: Promise and Perils"

📌Chair: Daniel Erasmus-Khan
💬Discussant: Therese O'Donnell
Speakers:
▶️ @klonowska_pl
▶️ @RMignotMahdavi
▶️ Sofie-Marie Terrey
▶️ @Munichsdorfer
▶️ Ash Murphy

What a beautiful room inside @UofGlasgow!

[Ralf Suedhoff @RalfSuedhoff]

German Foreign Minister #Baerbock live at #EuropeanHumanitarianForum with strong call to 'respect humanitarian law' #IHL and principles in #Ukraine & globally. But might challenges even rise? Is #Ukraine 1st conflict where human suffering is key strategy to achieve regime change?

[Cordula Droege @CDroegeICRC]

Armed conflict in #Ukraine: a recap of basic #IHL rules that can limit the human cost of war.
#GenevaConventions
https://t.co/ISulO2q1ES

[KFG "International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?" @kfg_intlaw]

Use of force, law of armed conflict, sanctions - our fellow @tomerbroude joins an impressive panel @HertieCFR to discuss various international law dimensions of the war in Ukraine.
Next Monday at 5:30 pm CET, both in-person and online!
More information here:

[Geneva Academy of IHL and Human Rights @Geneva_Academy]

The situation in #Ukraine is evolving rapidly. We are constantly updating our #RULAC online portal & its entries related to the crisis:

➡️International #armedconflict btw #Russia & #Ukraine

➡️Non-international armed #conflict in #EasternUkraine

https://t.co/JPwDdGNJ7A

[Geneva Call @genevacall]

‼️Attention: the protection of civilians must be the paramount priority:
🚫 Do not attack civilians or civilian objects
🚫 Do not use unlawful weapons
🚫Do not carry out indiscriminate attacks
🚫Do not target densely populated areas
#WarHasRulesToo #Ukraine