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Families Have the Right to Know: Obligations of Armed Groups Toward the Missing and the Dead

An International Committee of the Red Cross report outlines seven humanitarian-law rules and two recommendations for armed groups concerning family…

I Thought I Would Never See My Mother Again

A Human Rights Watch report documents how armed groups in Colombia recruit children through social media, deception, coercion, and threats,…

Forced Marriage in Armed Groups

Christel Querton argues that forced marriage within armed groups can constitute forced recruitment and may establish a link between persecution…

Taking Money from Kolbars at Gunpoint

Reports and footage of armed individuals collecting money from kolbars along the border with the Kurdistan Region of Iraq raise…

Fourteen Days in a Snow Cave

Saman Hamidinejad recounts entering a PJAK-controlled area at seventeen and spending fourteen days in a snow-covered mountain cave without adequate…

A Fifteen-Year-Old, Twenty-Five Days in the Mountains: A Former Komala Recruit’s Testimony

This exclusive testimony details how a fifteen-year-old Iranian youth was deceptively recruited into the armed group Komala via social media…

“Joined Out of Fear of Homelessness”: Sadia’s Account of Ten Months with the PDKI

In an exclusive interview with IKHRW, a former female member of the PDKI details her ten-month ordeal inside mountain camps,…

“My Son Was Only 14”: Father of Epileptic Minor Recounts Disappearance and Recruitment into PAK Armed Group

A distraught father from Ilam has appealed to IKHRW following the disappearance and recruitment of his 14-year-old son into the…

19th UN Forum on Minority Issues: An Opportunity to Strengthen Regional Frameworks for Minority Rights

The 19th UN Forum on Minority Issues in Geneva focuses on advancing minority rights through regional initiatives, addressing the implementation…

War Reparations, Political Legitimacy, and Legal Accountability: Lessons from the Taliban Case Against Germany

An analysis of the Taliban’s reparations demand against Germany highlights critical international law barriers, including diplomatic representation, court jurisdiction, and…

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