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Rob Grace

Allegations of IHL Violations in Libya

  • Jan 27 2012 - 9:26am   |  
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Last week, the Independent Civil Society (ICS) Fact-Finding Mission to Libya published a report documenting alleged violations of international law committed in Libya since the beginning of the 2011 uprising.  The ICS mission was a coordinated effort of three Middle East-based organizations: the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, the Arab Organization for Human Rights, and the International Legal Assistance Consortium.  See... More >>

Rob Grace

Yemen’s Draft Amnesty Law

  • Jan 13 2012 - 4:57pm   |  
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Earlier this week, the Yemeni cabinet passed a draft amnesty law that, if adopted by Yemen’s parliament, would shield Yemen’s president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, and his aides, from prosecution.  The draft law is part of the implementation of a deal brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) last November after months of anti-government protests and government crackdowns that began in January 2011.  (For an... More >>

Rob Grace

Fact-finding on Syria

  • Dec 16 2011 - 3:52pm   |  
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Earlier this week, Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, briefed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the situation in Syria, and afterwards, gave a statement in which she condemned the Syrian government’s crackdown, warned that the situation could escalate to a civil war, and called on the UNSC to refer the matter to the International Criminal Court (ICC).  (Click here to see video of... More >>

Rob Grace

The International Community’s Struggle Against the Lord’s Resistance Army

  • Dec 1 2011 - 9:31am   |  
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In the past few weeks, various entities of the United Nations examined the threat to regional security in Central Africa posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).  The UN Secretary-General released reports on the LRA and on the work of the UN regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) (the latter was inaugurated earlier this year with a mandate, among other responsibilities, to coordinate the UN’s response to the... More >>