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Anti-riot police officers stand guard in a line (Rear) as protesting university students gather. A large Turkish flag sways.

In Turkey, Peace as Pretext: Erdoğan’s Kurdish Initiative and the Authoritarian Logic Behind Arresting His Main Opponent

The arrest of the Turkish president's main rival, Istanbul Mayor İmamoğlu, sharpens the contradictions of the peace effort with the Kurds.
Top shot of protesters in Diyarbakir, Turkey.

Turkey, PKK Make New Peace Overtures Amid Regional Shifts and Possible Erdogan Power Play

With new peace offerings, Turkey aims to shift complex intra-Kurdish relations that may improve regional security and Erdogan's position.
Fighters from the Free Syrian Army cheer and react as they fight against the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists on the outskirts of the northern Syrian town of Dabiq, on October 15, 2016.

​​Combatant Privilege vs. Criminal Responsibility for Organized Armed Groups

Editor’s Note: This article is part of the Armed Groups and International Law Symposium, building on the volume edited by Katharine Fortin and Ezequiel Heffes. During international…
Two soldiers stand on a road while others ride motorcycles.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is in Crisis. Will the U.S. Government Protect Congolese Immigrants in the United States?

DRC meets legal requirements for temporary protected status, including through ongoing armed conflict and environmental disasters.
Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, women fighters walk to reach a check point in the outskirts of the destroyed Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, Syria. June 20, 2015.

Violence as Redress: A Right to Rebellion for Armed Groups under International Law?

A right to rebellion offers a way to recognize grievances and deescalate the violence of armed groups, and affirms the place of international law in holding States to account for…
Fighters from the Free Syrian Army cheer and react as they fight against the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists on the outskirts of the northern Syrian town of Dabiq, on October 15, 2016.

Armed Groups and International Law: Introduction to the Symposium

An exploration of armed groups and international law outside of conflict; the criminal liability of armed groups and their members; rebel governance; and the role of armed groups…
A general view taken on April 26, 2018, shows Syrian walking along a heavily damaged street in the northern Syrian enclave of Afrin that Turkish-backed forces captured from Kurdish fighters in the months prior. Tens of thousands of people were displaced by the assault on the Afrin region, whose small towns and villages were home to mostly Syrian Kurds. The photo shows enormous piles of rubble in the foreground and in the background shells of concrete buildings hollowed out by bombing. (Photo credit should read SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP via Getty Images)

Confronting Forced Demographic Change in Northern Syria: Inclusive Justice for Sustainable Peace

Donors must help pursue justice and accountability for Kurdish victims as they do for other Syrian victims.
Young boys on a rocky hill side under a blue sky with clouds.

How to Clean Up the Clean Energy Transition: Preventing Violence Over New ‘Conflict Minerals’

Conflicts between industrial and artisanal mining should be considered as the clean energy transition increases the need for certain minerals.
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar shake hands after signing a peace agreement during a ceremony in the Qatari capital Doha on February 29, 2020.

The U.S.-Taliban Agreement: Not a Ceasefire, or a Peace Agreement, and Other International Law Issues

Beatrice Walton explains the continuing lack of clarity concerning the terms of the recent Afghan peace deal and its potential effects moving forward.
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (C) along with Army Commander Shavendra Silva (L) and Navy Chief Piyal De Silva stand to attention during Sri Lanka's 72nd Independence Day celebrations in Colombo on February 4, 2020.

U.S. Issues Travel Ban on Sri Lankan Military Leader

The U.S. State Department’s announcement of a travel ban on Sri Lankan Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, current commander of the Sri Lankan Army and acting chief of the Defense…
Turkish soldiers drive American-made M60 tanks in the town of Tukhar, north of Syria's northern city of Manbij, on October 14, 2019, as Turkey and its allies continue their assault on Kurdish-held border towns in northeastern Syria.

The Inevitable Day of Reckoning in Syria

President Trump's decision to disengage with the YPG and ultimately side with Turkey was rash and immoral, yet fundamentally inevitable.
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“More Than a Domestic Mechanism”: Options for Hybrid Justice in Sri Lanka

For nearly three decades, the government of Sri Lanka fought with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), but after years of resistance, the new government has committed to…
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