conflict

Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

The lived consequences of conflict

The security situation in eastern Congo is once again rapidly deteriorating and even attracting Western media attention. This blog sheds light on the lived consequences of three decades of conflict.

Is fragmentation an issue or an exception? Analysis of the Tadic and Bosnian Genocide cases

Fragmentation occurs when international proceedings that involve the same parties and raise the same issues arrive at different conclusions. The conflict in the ICTY’s Tadic decision and the ICJ’s Bosnian Genocide decision – an issue or an exception?

Criminal Law and Criminology · Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

In need of the wisdom of de-escalation

To prevent a global disaster we badly need to stop the escalation of international conflicts, like the one between North Korea and the US. But how can we open the way to de-escalation? And can law or mediation contribute anything here?

Interdisciplinary Study of the Law · Private Law

Watching quarrelling neighbours

A Dutch TV programme, dedicated to legally solving cases of quarrelling neighbours, shows how a minor problem can be blown up to immense proportions. We would do better to respect our neighbours from the start, also on a larger scale between countries.