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Criminalisation of solidarity towards migrants in the European Union - Issues, challenges and solutions (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N. (2024, February). Criminalisation of solidarity towards migrants in the European Union - Issues, challenges and solutions. Presented at Dharmashastra National Law University Talk 2024 (India), Online

The talk has two objectives. It first explains the process of criminalization of solidarity in the European Union and especially how the law is used as an instrument of securitization and sanction against solidaristic acts. It also provides examples... Read More about Criminalisation of solidarity towards migrants in the European Union - Issues, challenges and solutions.

Economic crimes and war crimes (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N. (2024, January). Economic crimes and war crimes. Presented at 5th Winter Economic Crime Symposium, University of Portsmouth (online)

This keynote speech starts by providing a definition of war crimes under the Statute of the International Criminal Court and then focuses on war crimes that can be deemed to be of an economic nature. The speech then moves on to examine the definition... Read More about Economic crimes and war crimes.

International humanitarian law and healthcare (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N. (2023, November). International humanitarian law and healthcare. Presented at Bristol Global Emergency Care Conference, Bristol

After a brief overview of the key principles of international humanitarian law (IHL), this presentation focuses on the protection offered by IHL to medical personnel and medical units. The concepts of 'medical personnel' and 'medical units' are defin... Read More about International humanitarian law and healthcare.

R2P - Whose responsibility - Whose protection? A gender perspective (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N. (2023, November). R2P - Whose responsibility - Whose protection? A gender perspective. Presented at Responsibility to Protect and Humanitarian Interventions - Military Force in the Name of Human Rights, Hannover, Germany

The keynote speech starts by questioning who is protected by humanitarian interventions. It argues that there is a disparity between the rhetoric of protecting vulnerable groups (especially women), the law that is contained in UN reports and UN Secur... Read More about R2P - Whose responsibility - Whose protection? A gender perspective.

Territorial conflicts on the territory of the former Soviet Union - Stabilised de facto regimes between territorial integrity, the right of self-determination, and the interests of third parties (2023)
Book Chapter
Quenivet, N. (2023). Territorial conflicts on the territory of the former Soviet Union - Stabilised de facto regimes between territorial integrity, the right of self-determination, and the interests of third parties. In Sicherheitsordnung in Europa Analysen und Perspektiven nach dem Ende der Geschichte (103-180). Berlin: Duncker and Humblot

This chapter examines the criteria of statehood according to the Montevideo Convention and applies them to four entities (Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh) that were part of the Soviet Union with a view to evaluating their sta... Read More about Territorial conflicts on the territory of the former Soviet Union - Stabilised de facto regimes between territorial integrity, the right of self-determination, and the interests of third parties.

Violations of international humanitarian law in Ukraine and forums for redress and prosecution (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N. (2023, September). Violations of international humanitarian law in Ukraine and forums for redress and prosecution. Presented at Ukraine Practicum, Chapman University, USA

This is a lecture given to students attending the Ukraine Practicum module at Chapman University (USA). The lecture focuses on violations of international humanitarian law and the ways IHL can be implemented and enforced in the context of the armed c... Read More about Violations of international humanitarian law in Ukraine and forums for redress and prosecution.

The criminalization of solidarity in today’s European Union - Reflections and solutions (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N., Dadomo, C., & Tava, F. (2023, September). The criminalization of solidarity in today’s European Union - Reflections and solutions. Paper presented at ECPR Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic

Of all the concepts that are often evoked to tackle issues of political inclusion and exclusion, solidarity is perhaps the most frequently discussed. Although there is no unanimous agreement on a definition of this concept, which is variously referre... Read More about The criminalization of solidarity in today’s European Union - Reflections and solutions.

Child Soldiers (2023)
Book Chapter
Quenivet, N. (2023). Child Soldiers. In Kirimli Dr Aziz Bey Collected Courses on International Humanitarian Law - Volume 1 (13-51). Istanbul: Kızılay Culture and Arts Publications

This chapter provides a description of the law that relates to child soldiers. It starts by explaining the various legal regimes that govern the situation of child soldiers, then moves on to providing a definition of a child soldier. It then discusse... Read More about Child Soldiers.

Fertile or futile grounds for excluding criminal responsibility? A critical analysis of the Ongwen judgment in relation to the claim of coercive environment (2023)
Journal Article
Nortje, W., & Quénivet, N. (2023). Fertile or futile grounds for excluding criminal responsibility? A critical analysis of the Ongwen judgment in relation to the claim of coercive environment. International Criminal Law Review, 23(5-6), 675–704. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718123-bja10158

Dominic Ongwen was convicted and sentenced for numerous atrocities by the International Criminal Court (icc) in 2021. The Defence focused on the coercive environment that Ongwen was subjected to from his abduction as a boy until his surrender as an a... Read More about Fertile or futile grounds for excluding criminal responsibility? A critical analysis of the Ongwen judgment in relation to the claim of coercive environment.

European Solidarity - Interdisciplinary Perspectives (2023)
Book
Quenivet, N., & Tava, F. (2023). F. Tava, & N. Quenivet (Eds.). European Solidarity - Interdisciplinary Perspectives. ECPR PRess

What is solidarity and what makes us think it is something important? Is it just an abstract idea or something more like a prosocial practice that can grow to inform legal regulations and political decisions? How is it that solidarity is so widesprea... Read More about European Solidarity - Interdisciplinary Perspectives.

The criminalization of solidarity in today's European Union (2023)
Book Chapter
Quenivet, N., Dadomo, C., & Tava, F. (2023). The criminalization of solidarity in today's European Union. In European Solidarity - Interdisciplinary Perspectives (313-345). Colchester: ECPR Press

European solidarity is a contested concept. Social groups and political parties with different ideological orientations across the European Union often try to impose their own conception of solidarity to the detriment of alternative interpretations.... Read More about The criminalization of solidarity in today's European Union.

Fundamental principles of international humanitarian law (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N. (2023, July). Fundamental principles of international humanitarian law. Presented at Transnational Journey of Law - PG Online Induction Course 2023-2024, Online (organised by India International University of Legal Education and Research, Goa, India)

This guest lecture introduces LLM students to the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law, using concrete examples of their application.

Understanding the link between contested territories, war crimes and economic crimes - prosecution and prevention (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N. (2023, June). Understanding the link between contested territories, war crimes and economic crimes - prosecution and prevention. Presented at Economic Crime, Cybercrime and Economic Security in Ukraine, University of Portsmouth

After presenting the concept of war crimes, this presentation explores whether economic crimes (in a wide understanding of the concept) committed in the occupied territories of Ukraine can be prosecuted as war crimes. The second part of the presentat... Read More about Understanding the link between contested territories, war crimes and economic crimes - prosecution and prevention.

Violations of international humanitarian law and human rights in Ukraine: The damning reports of the UN and the OSCE (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N. (2023, June). Violations of international humanitarian law and human rights in Ukraine: The damning reports of the UN and the OSCE. Presented at Russia’s War in Ukraine and International Law, Online

The paper presents the findings of the OSCE and UN reports on the conflict in Ukraine. It focuses on two issues: the treatment of prisoners of war and the protection of children (notably against forcible transfer).

Imagine you were a judge of the Nuremberg trials and you were sent to the ICC in 2020 (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N. (2023, February). Imagine you were a judge of the Nuremberg trials and you were sent to the ICC in 2020. Presented at The Nuremberg Principles: The Contemporary Challenges, Washington DC

The premise of my presentation today is that the definition of war crimes in the Nuremberg Principles is a ‘mother’ definition, one that can lead to the criminalisation of further violations of international humanitarian law. After all, Principle VI(... Read More about Imagine you were a judge of the Nuremberg trials and you were sent to the ICC in 2020.

Casting the net wider: A critical analysis of the sentencing criteria in the Ongwen case at the international criminal court (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N., & Nortje, W. (2022, October). Casting the net wider: A critical analysis of the sentencing criteria in the Ongwen case at the international criminal court. Presented at Lights and Shadows in the Ongwen Case at the International Criminal Court: Inter- and Multi-disciplinary Approaches, University of Iyvaskyla (Finland) - Online

Throughout history, children have been involved in armed conflict both as victims and perpetrators. The international community, at the end of the last century, finally signalled its intention to hold to account those responsible for conscripting and... Read More about Casting the net wider: A critical analysis of the sentencing criteria in the Ongwen case at the international criminal court.

Territorial conflicts on the territory of the former Soviet Union. Stabilised de facto regimes between territorial integrity, the right of self-determination, and the interests of third parties (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N. (2022, September). Territorial conflicts on the territory of the former Soviet Union. Stabilised de facto regimes between territorial integrity, the right of self-determination, and the interests of third parties. Presented at Jahrestagung der Görres-Gesellschaft 2022, Aachen, Germany

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, eight non-State entities have appeared on its territory, each claiming independence, if not statehood: Abkhazia (Republic of Abkhazia), Chechnya (Republic of Ichkheria), Crimea (Republic of Crimea), Donetsk People’... Read More about Territorial conflicts on the territory of the former Soviet Union. Stabilised de facto regimes between territorial integrity, the right of self-determination, and the interests of third parties.

Disrupting classic paradigms of justice after an armed conflict: The child soldier phenomenon (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N. (2022, August). Disrupting classic paradigms of justice after an armed conflict: The child soldier phenomenon. Presented at Situating Justice in Armed Conflict: Can there Be Just Wars?, Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, India

It is estimated that worldwide tens of thousands of children are associated with armed forces and groups. Whether they have been forcefully integrated into these groups or have voluntarily joined their ranks, the reality is that such children are exp... Read More about Disrupting classic paradigms of justice after an armed conflict: The child soldier phenomenon.

The conflict in Ukraine and genocide (2022)
Journal Article
Quenivet, N. (2022). The conflict in Ukraine and genocide. Journal of International Peacekeeping, 25(2), 141-154. https://doi.org/10.1163/18754112-25020004

Since the beginning of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine that started on 24 February 2022 accusations of genocide have been levelled against each other by both sides. This article focuses on the claim that Russia is carrying out a genocide in U... Read More about The conflict in Ukraine and genocide.

International Conflict and Security Law (2022)
Book
Sayapin, S., Atadjanov, R., Kadam, U., Kemp, G., Zambrana-Tévar, N., & Quénivet, N. (Eds.). (2022). International Conflict and Security Law. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-515-7

This unique two-volume book covers virtually the whole spectrum of international conflict and security law. It proceeds from values protected by international law (Part I), through substantive rules in which these values are embodied (Part II), to in... Read More about International Conflict and Security Law.