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The initial U.N. negotiating conference for the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) on July 2–27, 2012, failed to produce an agreed treaty. On January 4, 2013, the U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution agreeing to hold another, supposedly “final,” negotiating conference on March 18–28, 2013, on the basis of the treaty text as it stood at the end of the July conference.[1]
What do the Geneva Conventions and other sources of IHL say about fighters who are not nationals of the belligerent States?
By Neville Ladduwahetty September is the month when the UN Human Rights Council presents its latest Resolution on Sri Lanka. It is reported that the latest version has graduated from violations of human rights and international humanitarian law to include violations of “economic crimes”. Whatever the scope of the Resolution, the dogged fact remains that […]
President Barack Obama ordered the secretary of defense to conductan immediate 30-day review of the conditions of detention inGuantanamo to "ensure full compliance" with CA3. What exactly suchcompliance requires is open to debate.
News reports say the U.N. found credible evidence that Rwandan military joined M23 in attacks on Congolese security forces.