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(Reuters) - Myanmar's junta chief created a special command a day after last year's coup that was solely responsible for deployment and operations of troops in urban areas, and authorised lethal attacks on unarmed civilians, human rights investigators said.

An in-depth legal analysis of the events recommends the junta be tried in an international court.

The investigation will add to global pressure on the military to halt its crackdown on opponents and the use of air strikes and shelling in civilian areas.

Fortify Rights says 61 senior police and military officials should be investigated for alleged ‘crimes against humanity’

Lawfare’s daily roundup of national security news and opinion.

An in-depth look at the work of the Orville H. Schell Center for International Human Rights — a hub for human rights activities at Yale Law School and a home for students preparing for human rights careers. Photo courtesy Kelan Lyons/CT Mirror

Share Four Yale alumni are among 76 graduate students who have been named 2021 Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University. They are Mez Belo-Osagie ’16, a Ph.D. candidate in political science in Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences; Charlotte Finegold ’17, who is pursuing a J.D. at Stanford Law School; Tony Liu ’20, a Ph.D. student in bioengineering in the School of Engineering; and Elliot Setzer ’20, also pursuing a J.D. at Stanford Law School. The Knight-Hennessy Schola...

By Susan Gonzalez May 7, 2021 Share this with FacebookShare this with TwitterShare this with LinkedInShare this with EmailPrint this Top row: Mez Belo-Osagie, Charlotte Finegold; Bottom-row: Tony Liu, Elliot Setzer Four Yale alumni are among 76 graduate students who have been named 2021 Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University. They are Mez Belo-Osagie ’16, a Ph.D. candidate in political science in Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences; Charlotte Finegold ’17, who is pursuin...

Indigenous Peoples Cry for Protection: As Human Rights Defenders Zoom on West Africa Indigenous Peoples Cry for Protection: As Human Rights Defenders Zoom on West Africa Share Monrovia – Grassroots Frontline Environmental, Land and Human Right Defenders in West Africa convened from 29 – 31 March 2021, to discuss the situation affecting their work by way of the zoom technology. It was by all means a meeting of multidimensional profiles – with the high and the lowly in society interfacing. ...

AU Commissioner Remy Ngoy Lumbu (left) and Alfred Brownell, Lead Campaigner/GAI (Monrovia – 5 April 2021): A three-day Conference on the situation of Grassroots Frontline Environmental, Land and Human Right Defenders in West Africa opened on Monday, 29 March 2021 by way of the zoom technology. It was by all means a meeting of multidimensional profiles – with the high and the lowly in society interfacing. Credit to the Mano River Union Civil Society Natural Resource Rights and Governance Pla...