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Child Soldiers and the Defence of Duress under International Criminal Law (2019)
Book
Nortje, W., & Quenivet, N. (2019). Child Soldiers and the Defence of Duress under International Criminal Law. Palgrave Macmillan

This book investigates the use of duress as a defence in international criminal law, specifically in cases of child soldiers. The prosecution of children for international crimes often only focuses on whether children can and should be prosecuted und... Read More about Child Soldiers and the Defence of Duress under International Criminal Law.

The obligation to investigate after a potential breach of article 2 ECHR in an extra-territorial context: Mission impossible for the armed forces? (2019)
Journal Article
Quénivet, N. (2019). The obligation to investigate after a potential breach of article 2 ECHR in an extra-territorial context: Mission impossible for the armed forces?. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 37(2), 119-138. https://doi.org/10.1177/0924051919844374

© The Author(s) 2019. The growing number of military operations conducted by States Party to the European Convention on Human Rights abroad has led to a concomitant surge in court cases, notably relating to the duty to investigate an attack resulting... Read More about The obligation to investigate after a potential breach of article 2 ECHR in an extra-territorial context: Mission impossible for the armed forces?.

A (Wo)Man’s honour: Have the Geneva conventions lost their gender? (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N. (2019, April). A (Wo)Man’s honour: Have the Geneva conventions lost their gender?. Paper presented at Seminar to Mark 70 Years of the Geneva Conventions, Maynooth University, Ireland

The 1949 Geneva Conventions have often been criticised for failing to take into the specific situation of women in armed conflict and in fact for adopting an outdated and conservative view of women's role and position in society. This paper argues th... Read More about A (Wo)Man’s honour: Have the Geneva conventions lost their gender?.