[Méryl Schwitzguébel, CFE, is a project officer at DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance. Dr Ilia Siatitsa is currently programme director and senior legal
officer at Privacy International.] Recently, surveillance technologies have captivated the public’s attention. [...]
[Dr Jelena Aparac is a senior academic and consultant, and former chair and member of the UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries] Private Military and Security Companies
(PMSCs) have significantly expanded their operations, sectors of activity, and client base over the past decades. [...]
On May 30, 2025, the Convention on the Establishment of the International Organization for Mediation was signed in Hong Kong, China, with 33 States as the founding parties.
Led by China, the International Organization for Mediation (IOMed) represents the first permanent inter-governmental dispute settlement organization dedicated to [...]
—Thomas Joyce, Tilburg University In July 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held that the criminalisation of the purchase of sexual services did not constitute
a violation of the respect for private life, pursuant to Article 8 of the ECHR. [...]
The Codification Division of the UN Office of Legal Affairs recently added the following materials to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law: lectures in English and
Spanish on “Ten Years of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals: Achievements and Challenges”, by Graciela Gatti Santana; lectures in English [...]
[Manon Blancafort is a project assistant at the Small Arms Survey and previously served for three years as an operational reservist in the French Air and Space Forces, within
a Protection Squadron. Callum Watson is the gender coordinator and programme manager at the Small Arms Survey. [...]
[Andres Macías-Tolosa is a professor and researcher at Universidad Externado de Colombia, coordinator of the OPERA Research Group and editor of the OPERA Journal. Joana
de Deus Pereira is a senior research fellow at RUSI Europe, co-founder of the Private Military and Security Companies (PMSC) Research Group at King’s College London, [...]
