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Special Representative Zerrougui highlighted how children are targets of sexual violence during conflict not only because they are generally physically and mentally more vulnerable than adults, but also because making victims of teens and those who are even younger strikes at the very heart of any given community.

Source: International Criminal Court New York/8 May 2017 Mr President, Your Excellencies: 1. I welcome this opportunity to engage with the Council on the occasion of my Office’s thirteenth report on the situation in Libya pursuant […]

PEN Intl’s 3 year “Make Space” campaign launched 31 May 2017 backed by writers from PEN’s global membership, aims to create opportunities for writers having experienced forced displacement/ living in exile.Through publications, events, advocacy & projects.

Source: TRANSCEND Media Service (TMS)/Solutions Oriented Peace Journalism By: Johan Galtung A key slogan during the student revolt in Paris May 1968, soon 50 years ago, was Imagination au pouvoir! Bring imagination to power! We […]

Afghan insurgents have stepped up their attacks since the drawdown of NATO troops from Afghanistan in 2014, devastating the capital of Kabul with increasingly deadly and brutal assaults and leaving Afghans feeling embattled and exhausted following 16 years of war.

Source: Lawfare By David Bosco Monday, May 8, 2017, 11:10 AM In mid-November, International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced that her office would make a decision “in the very near future” on whether to […]

Read New issue of Armanshahr HR & Civil Society bilingual weekly NEWSLETTER, no. 203 (Year VIII), 30 MAY 2017

Survivors of sexual violence in war zones need to be recognized as legitimate victims of conflict and terrorism, and not blamed, stigmatized or shamed, the United Nations has said in an annual report to be presented to the Security Council.

Source: Council on Foreign Relations by Eben Kaplan Introduction The use of children as soldiers in armed conflict is among the most morally repugnant practices in the world, as illustrated by this Los Angeles Times […]

Source: Law Fare Blog By Luis Moreno Ocampo Monday, April 24, 2017, 8:30 AM In a February Lawfare post, David Bosco analyzed the different possible US responses to the pending decision of the International Criminal […]