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17 Jul

[Lindsay Freeman is the director of the Technology, Law & Policy program at the Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley School of Law. She led the drafting of the United Nations’ Berkeley Protocol on Digital Open Source Investigations and developed the OSINT training course for the Institute of International Criminal Investigations. She previously worked for the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and served as a...

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17 Jul

[Madhumita Jayashankar is a final-year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab, specialising in international law with a major in political science] In recent decades, the landscape of global security has undergone a quiet but profound transformation. The privatization of military and security functions and services has surged since the end of the Cold War, fundamentally reshaping how states...

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16 Jul

[Dr Asaf Lubin is an associate professor at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, an affiliated faculty at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, and an affiliated fellow at Yale Law School’s Information Society Project.] This post has been cross-posted on Private Security...

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16 Jul

[Vincent Bernard is visiting lecturer at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. He previously worked as senior policy advisor to the International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA) and wrote the research report “Ensuring Responsible Security in the Digital Age: The application of the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers to Advanced Technologies”] The...

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15 Jul

[Méryl Schwitzguébel, CFE, is a project officer at DCAF - Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance. Dr Ilia Siatitsa is currently programme director and senior legal officer at Privacy International.] Recently, surveillance technologies have captivated the public’s attention. From targeted attacks with spyware, like Pegasus or earlier FinFisher, to massive data scandals like Cambridge Analytica, these new technologies raise serious concerns for privacy, human...

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15 Jul

[Dr Jelena Aparac is a senior academic and consultant, and former chair and member of the UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries] Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) have significantly expanded their operations, sectors of activity, and client base over the past decades. They operate not only in armed conflict zones but also in areas of peace, across diverse industries such as extractive sectors,...

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14 Jul

[Manon Blancafort is a project assistant at the Small Arms Survey and previously served for three years as an operational reservist in the French Air and Space Forces, within a Protection Squadron. Callum Watson is the gender coordinator and programme manager at the Small Arms Survey. Florence Foster is a senior project manager at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. Jowita...

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14 Jul

[Andres Macías-Tolosa is a professor and researcher at Universidad Externado de Colombia, coordinator of the OPERA Research Group and editor of the OPERA Journal.   Joana de Deus Pereira is a senior research fellow at RUSI Europe, co-founder of the Private Military and Security Companies (PMSC) Research Group at King's College London, adjunct professor at Sciences Po, Paris, and visiting senior fellow...

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14 Jul

[Gabriella Citroni is an adjunct professor of international human rights law at the University of Milano-Bicocca and senior legal advisor atTRIAL International. Chiara Gabriele is head of program for the Accountability for Private Military and Security Actors Program at TRIAL International. Danaé van der Straten Ponthoz is head of international advocacy and policy at Global Survivors Fund. Julie Bardèche is a senior legal advisor...

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30 May

[Lisa Reinsberg is the founding executive director of the International Justice Resource Center, a PhD candidate with the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University, and a Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law] Human rights oversight bodies have rejected an unknown number of complaints because individual complainants used language that was insulting or offensive to...

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30 May

[Yifan Jia is a PhD candidate and visiting lecturer at the Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College London, and a research associate at the Global Governance Centre at Geneva Graduate Institute. John Binns is a partner at BCL Solicitors LLP. He is a specialist in proceeds of crime laws, sanctions, tax investigations, and the regulation of cannabis.] Historically, mechanisms for...

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29 May

[Grażyna Baranowska is a Professor of Migration Law and Human Rights at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and the Vice-Chair of the UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances. Dr Nasia Hadjigeorgiou is an Associate Professor in Transitional Justice and Human Rights at UCLan Cyprus.] People have always gone missing and their loved ones have always sought to establish their fate. In this endeavour,...

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