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International humanitarian law and human rights law: towards a new merger in international law (2008)
Book
Arnold, R., & Quenivet, N. (. (2008). International humanitarian law and human rights law: towards a new merger in international law. The Hague: Brill

The book addresses the current issue of the applicability and application of international human rights law and international humanitarian law in times of armed conflict. Scholars chronologically argued that only international humanitarian law was ap... Read More about International humanitarian law and human rights law: towards a new merger in international law.

Girl Soldiers and Armed Conflict in Africa (2008)
Book Chapter
Shah-Davis, S., & Quenivet, N. (2008). Girl Soldiers and Armed Conflict in Africa. In M. Becker, & J. Schneider (Eds.), Human Rights Issues in the 21st Century. Nova

Africa is at the epicentre of the child soldier phenomenon. Armed groups and forces using children cover the continent. In fact, children have been drawn into (whether through forced measures or ‘voluntarily’) nearly every one of its myriad wars. How... Read More about Girl Soldiers and Armed Conflict in Africa.

The dissonance between the United Nations zero-tolerance policy and the criminalisation of sexual offences on the international level (2007)
Journal Article
Quenivet, N. (2007). The dissonance between the United Nations zero-tolerance policy and the criminalisation of sexual offences on the international level. International Criminal Law Review, 7(4), 657-676. https://doi.org/10.1163/156753607X241256

As a growing number of stories unravelled the involvement of United Nations peacekeepers in human trafficking and sexual exploitation cases, the United Nations adopted in 2003 and implemented a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual encounters between... Read More about The dissonance between the United Nations zero-tolerance policy and the criminalisation of sexual offences on the international level.

You are the weakest link and we will help you! The comprehensive strategy of the United Nations to fight terrorism (2006)
Journal Article
Quenivet, N. (2006). You are the weakest link and we will help you! The comprehensive strategy of the United Nations to fight terrorism. Journal of Conflict and Security Law, 11(3), 371-397. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcsl/krl020

In 2004, the United Nations Secretary-General published the report of the high-level panel of experts on threats, challenges and change that projected a comprehensive strategy to fight various types of scourges that afflict humankind and notably terr... Read More about You are the weakest link and we will help you! The comprehensive strategy of the United Nations to fight terrorism.

The report of The International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur: The question of genocide (2006)
Journal Article
Quenivet, N. (2006). The report of The International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur: The question of genocide. Human Rights Review, 7(4), 38-68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12142-006-1002-y

The crisis in Darfur (Sudan), which sparked in February 2003, only caught the United Nations' attention in Spring 2004. Questions emerged as to whether the conflict between the rebels and the government was simply insurgency warfare or, in fact, conc... Read More about The report of The International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur: The question of genocide.

The World after September 11: Has it really changed? (2005)
Journal Article
Quenivet, N. (2005). The World after September 11: Has it really changed?. European Journal of International Law, 16(3), 561-577. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejil/chi131

This review essay aims to assess whether international law has actually changed significantly since 9/11, or whether there is just an impression of change conveyed by books and articles published shortly after the events. Most books on terrorism star... Read More about The World after September 11: Has it really changed?.

Response to call for public submissions for changes to the 2016 OTP policy on children
Report
Quenivet, N., & Nortje, W. Response to call for public submissions for changes to the 2016 OTP policy on children. Not commissioned

This paper is a submission to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court regarding changes to be made to its Policy on Children. The submission focuses on issues relating to the recruitment and use of children in hostilities.