Year in Review 2014

Abstract

2014 was marked with several noteworthy events with particular relevance to international humanitarian law, such as the continuation of the conflict in Syria and the incidents related to the use of chemical weapons in that conflict; several key decisions in international and hybrid courts related to the adjudication of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide; the entry into force of the Arms Trade Treaty; release of the US Report on Torture and a Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict. This chapter addresses a number of these issues among other events of note.