Armed groups and junta profit as toxic mines devour southern Myanmar Key militant groups in the Kashmir insurgency Sexual violence systematically used as a weapon of war in the DR Congo Rwanda and DR Congo set May 2 deadline for peace deal UK lifts sanctions against Syria鈥檚 defence ministry, intelligence agencies Syria detains two leaders 鈥
This post forms part of the Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to Prevent Harm and Need in Conflict, featured across Articles of War and Armed Groups and International Law. The introductory post can be found here. The symposium invites reflection on the conceptualisation of negative everyday lived experiences of armed conflict, and legal and extra-legal strategies 鈥
Since its emergence in Ukraine in 2014, the Wagner Group and its affiliated entities have drawn significant international scrutiny for their economic entanglements and egregious human rights abuses across multiple conflict-affected regions. Commonly referred to as the 鈥淲agner Group,鈥 this network comprises a constellation of entities with ambiguous legal and organisational structures, offering commercial and 鈥