It is too late for the people of Aleppo. They will follow the restless souls of Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur in a long line of victims abandoned by the international community.
Read More »Will Britain ever intervene again?
World leaders have never had to undergo such levels of pre- and post-conflict scrutiny as they do now.
Read More »TV interview: HSC Executive Director discusses use of child soldiers by ISIS
Julie Lenarz appeared on ZDF's Auslandsjournal and analysed the use of child soldiers by ISIS.
Read More »War against IS – Erdogan’s smokescreen for crushing Kurdish opposition at home and abroad
The US and its coalition should look hard as its position in siding with an ally that fears a Kurdish State more than an Islamic one.
Read More »HSC Executive Director quoted in The Daily Mail
Looking into the camera, a baby-faced boy, no older than three years old, holds a teddy bear in left hand and a knife in his right. The child, who is not even old enough to start school, then appears to ...
Read More »The United Nations and the “Red Line” in Syria
By voting to create a Joint Investigative Mechanism to bring the Syrian perpetrators to justice, the UN is furthering the enforcement of the “red line” initially established by President Obama.
Read More »A Year After Mosul
Last year’s rout of the Iraqi Army in the northern city of Mosul by ISIS represented the nadir of the post-2003 Iraqi state. But if the country’s long-term prospects have brightened noticeably since the dark summer of 2014, its path to that future is still filled with uncertainty.
Read More »International system insufficient to tackle terrorist fighters
The present state of international law is insufficient to effectively tackle terrorists.
Read More »HSC Executive Director comments on situation of Christians, Kurds and Yazidis
“For the first time in 1600 years, no Christmas and Easter masses were celebrated in Mosul.”
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