The Stockholm Manual: A Practitioner’s Guide to Conducting IHL Assessments and Advocacy
The IHL Centre is excited to launch the Stockholm Manual, an innovative, practical tool designed to help humanitarian actors, journalists, and a wide range of other key stakeholders including policy makers and civil society organisations in their humanitarian, diplomacy and advocacy efforts.
Two Years On: The Unbearable Cost of War for a Generation of Children
Two years after 7 October 2023, Palestinian children have endured loss and suffering on an unfathomable scale. Protecting them is both a legal and a moral imperative.
Withdrawal from the Rome Statute by the Confederation of Sahel States: legal and institutional implications
The decision by Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court comes at a time when victims of international crimes in the Sahel continue to face immense challenges in securing justice, truth, and reparation. Withdrawals from the Statute risk negatively impacting victims by fragmenting international efforts to ensure accountability.
Pathways to justice in the transitional justice process: Accountability in the Syrian context
This publication—available in English and Arabic—maps out key legal avenues for accountability in Syria. It offers essential insights to support inclusive, non-discriminatory justice efforts in the wake of the Assad government’s fall in December 2024.
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