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[Yousuf Syed Khan is a Manager, Law and Policy at Legal Action Worldwide in Geneva. He is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council (Strategic Litigation Project), and an Associate Fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - The Hague. Jérôme de Hemptinne is an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University.] In Part I of this post, we clarified which legal regimes...

[Yousuf Syed Khan is a Manager, Law and Policy at Legal Action Worldwide in Geneva. He is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council (Strategic Litigation Project), and an Associate Fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - The Hague. Jérôme de Hemptinne is an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University.] We read with real interest Alexandria Virginski’s recent post, Behind Enemy...

[Alexandria Virginski is a legal scholar whose research explores the intersections of human rights, international law, and security. She holds a JD from the University of Wisconsin Law School and BA degrees in International Relations and Spanish from Michigan State University] The number of armed conflicts globally has reached levels not seen since World War II, and the intensity of conflicts has increased as...

[Jyoti Singh is a member of the Statelessness Asia Pacific Research Network at the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness (University of Melbourne). She is an advocate and researcher based in New Delhi] Understanding nationality and statelessness against the backdrop of armed conflict is crucial, given the mutually reinforcing relationship between the two. At present, more than 120 armed conflicts are ongoing...