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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

How are children affected by armed conflict? What kinds of harm do they face? And can the protection for children offered by international law translate into reality on the ground? Our guests engage with these questions.

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

📢 Ep8 of S2 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Children and Armed Conflict" #CivilianHarm #IHL With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social 🎧 Listen on our website: beyond-compliance-consortium.org/s2-ep8-child... Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.

Text: Beyond Compliance: In Conversation, Armed Groups and International Law Podcast. Two round pictures of the guests and text S2 Ep8: Children and Armed Conflict

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

How does war affect mental health? And is international law equipped to recognise and address these harms? Our guests discuss about these questions.

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

📢 Ep7 of S2 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Mental Harm" #CivilianHarm #IHL With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social 🎧 Listen on our website: beyond-compliance-consortium.org/s2-ep7-menta... Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

How are drones changing the way wars are fought? What kinds of harm do they cause for civilians? Our guests discuss about whether international is law able to keep pace with these developments.

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

📢 Ep6 of S2 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Drones & The Future of War" #CivilianHarm #IHL With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social 🎧 Listen on our website: beyond-compliance-consortium.org/s2-ep6-drone... Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.

Text: Beyond Compliance: In Conversation, Armed Groups and International Law Podcast. Two round pictures of the guests and text S2 Ep6: Drones & The Future of War

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

📢 NEW: Beyond Data Hub—an #IHL -informed interactive tool for exploring patterns of armed actors’ conduct during #armedconflict across conflicts in #Somalia (2021-2023), #SouthSudan (2013-2018) and #Myanmar (2021-2022) 👉 Explore the Data Hub: bit.ly/Beyond-Data-...

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Phase 2 of "Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to prevent harm and need in conflict" is hosted by "Armed Groups and International Law" blog #IHL #IHRL #HarmAndNeed #ArmedConflict

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

New blog post! Civilian harm rarely ends when an incident ends. Life history analysis helps us see civilian experiences of conflict as evolving trajectories, not isolated events. New research from Afghanistan shows why this matters. Read all at: bit.ly/blog_symposium 👇

Afghanistan, Kabul. View of the snowy city during winter.

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Phase 2 of "Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to prevent harm and need in conflict" is hosted by "Armed Groups and International Law" blog #IHL #IHRL #HarmAndNeed #ArmedConflict

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

New blog post!Civilian harm is not underreported in armed conflict due to lack of evidence. Christiane Wilke argues that the U.S. military operates with clear hierarchies of credibility when evaluating allegations of it, producing a form of epistemic injustice. Read all at: bit.ly/blog_symposium 👇

U.S. Air Force Photo depicting an MQ-1 Predator, armed with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Phase 2 of "Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to prevent harm and need in conflict" is hosted by "Armed Groups and International Law" blog #IHL #IHRL #HarmAndNeed #ArmedConflict

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

New blog post! Starvation is a prohibited war crime, yet its legal contours remain largely untested. Yousuf Syed Khan argues that starvation is produced through the cumulative dismantling of survival goods, infrastructure, and governance systems—not in isolation. Read all at: bit.ly/blog_symposium 👇

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

📰 NEWSLETTER! We are delighted to publish our 4th BCC Newsletter with a roundup of recent events and recordings + the latest resources + publications of our research programme "Building evidence on promoting restraint by armed actors". 👉 Read issue 4 here: bit.ly/BCC-Newslett...

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

What is ‘civilian harm’, and how should it be understood in contemporary warfare? Why do definitions matter, and who gets to shape them? Our guests discuss about evolving approaches to defining and addressing harm to civilians.

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

📢 Ep5 of S2 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Civilian Harm" #CivilianHarm #IHL With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social 🎧 Listen on our website: beyond-compliance-consortium.org/s2-ep5-civil... Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

➤ PART I: 10:00-12:00 GMT (findings from #DRC #Yemen #Somalia #Syria) ➤ PART II: 13:30-15:30 GMT (findings from #Colombia #Ukraine #Myanmar #SouthSudan) ➤ Interpretation during the event in Arabic, French, Spanish and Ukrainian

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

ONE WEEK TO GO! 🗓 26 March - 10-12pm and 1.30-3.30pm GMT - Join the "Global Virtual Event of the Beyond Compliance Consortium: Emergent Themes Across Eight Contexts of Armed Conflict" where we will share preliminary findings from our empirical research. Register at: bit.ly/BCC-global-virtual-event

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

📢 Ep4 of S2 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Domicide & Reparations" #Domicide #Reparations #IHL With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social 🎧 Listen on our website: beyond-compliance-consortium.org/s2-ep4-domic... Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

📢 NEW article in the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law "The Beyond Compliance Approach: Centering Harm + Need Towards Full(er) Protection in Armed Conflict". The article builds the conceptual scaffolding of the Beyond Compliance Consortium's research programme. 👉Read here: bit.ly/BCC-Article

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

📢 Ep3 of S2 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Sanctions" #Sanctions #Conflict #IHL With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social 🎧 Listen on our website: beyond-compliance-consortium.org/s2-ep3-sanct... Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

The words disharmony + reharmonisation translate the interrelated notions of harm and reparation into the Nasa Indigenous vernacular (nasa yuwe). By centering on these concepts, this conversation aims to shed light on the Nasa Indigenous people's multidimensional experience of violence.

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Researchers will converse with José Vicente Chocué Medina, a Nasa Indigenous authority of Pueblo Nuevo, ancestral territory of Sa’th Tama Kiwe, Caldono, and María Socorro Granda Abella, a researcher affiliated with the Autonomous Intercultural Indigenous University, UAIIN-CRIC (Cauca).

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

📅 Join our Colombia country research unit in conversation with guests about the meaning of disharmony + reharmonisation in the context of the transitional justice process in #Colombia. Hybrid - Fri 27 Feb, 13:00-14:30 GMT, University of York and Online 👉 Register: bit.ly/BCC-Cafe-27Feb26

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

The submission is based upon long-term engagement in the region and empirical research conducted by the BCC’s Myanmar team in Myanmar and Northern Thailand between January and April 2025. 👉 Read more: bit.ly/accountabili...

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Written submission for the UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar on accountability – Beyond Compliance Consortium

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

On 15th December 2025, the Beyond Compliance Consortium responded to a call for submissions from the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, to inform the Special Rapporteur’s forthcoming conference room paper on accountability for grave human rights violations in #Myanmar

Image of vehicle wreckage in Myanmar. Image credit: Florian Weigand, Beyond Compliance Consortium.

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

The data brief outlines key trends in violent events, fatalities, and provides both a thematic and actor-based descriptive analysis of violence trends across time and space in #Myanmar. 📢 📢This report is issue No.2 in our new #BeyondCompliancePaperSeries: bit.ly/Beyond-Compliance-Paper-Series

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

📢NEW “Data Brief: Mapping Trends on Harm + Need in Myanmar". Presents a quantitative overview of violent events + conflict dynamics in #Myanmar, drawing on ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data) from 2010-2024. 👉 Download the data brief here: bit.ly/BCC-Paper-Series-No2

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Phase 2 of "Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to prevent harm and need in conflict" is hosted by "Armed Groups and International Law" blog #IHL #IHRL #HarmAndNeed #ArmedConflict

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

New blog post! The current legal framework treats conflict displacement too narrowly, leaving many harms unseen and unaccountable. Sarah Khan calls for “full(er) protection” using a harm+need lens to move beyond legal compliance and better address displacement. Read all at: bit.ly/blog_symposium 👇

Displaced people with their belongings inside a black van on their way to Syria. The top of the van carries their belongings.

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Phase 2 of "Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to prevent harm and need in conflict" is hosted by "Armed Groups and International Law" blog #IHL #IHRL #HarmAndNeed #ArmedConflict

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

New blog post! In the absence of effective state protection, Somali communities have developed sophisticated self-protection systems. This post shows how communities respond to harm+need beyond visible violence, through community-led mechanisms. Read all at: bit.ly/blog_symposium 👇

Somalia. Mogadishu, Zobe junction. Residents clean up debris at the site of two twin explosions that occured on the 29th October 2022. The attack killed 121 people and injured hundreds.

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Phase 2 of "Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to prevent harm and need in conflict" is hosted by "Armed Groups and International Law" blog #IHL #IHRL #HarmAndNeed #ArmedConflict

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

New blog post! Too often overlooked in conflict settings, older persons face distinct forms of harm and need. This blog calls for a more inclusive reading of harm + need beyond standard humanitarian metrics, to support meaningful protection. Read all at: bit.ly/blog_symposium 👇

Ituri province, Djugu territory, Nizi. A farmer cultivates his field after receiving ICRC seeds to revive his farming activity. The sixty-year-old has experienced various episodes of conflict and violence that have left indelible marks on his life, including the loss of one of his sons.

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

📢 Ep2 of S2 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Famines & Starvation" #Famine #Starvation #Conflict #IHL With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social 🎧 Listen on our website: beyond-compliance-consortium.org/s2-ep2-famin... Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Phase 2 of "Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to prevent harm and need in conflict" is hosted by "Armed Groups and International Law" blog #IHL #IHRL #HarmAndNeed #ArmedConflict

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

New blog post! Although child recruitment is prohibited, IHL and IHRL do not fully capture harms experienced by children or the intergenerational norms shaping recruitment and reintegration in the DRC. Broader social, cultural, and economic analysis is required. 👇 Read all at: bit.ly/blog_symposium

Two young children in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, outside a transit and orientation center for children who were associated with armed forces and armed groups. They are looking at a painting on the wall which says in Swahili “I can also help my country by going back to school”.

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Subscribe to the Beyond Compliance Consortium Newsletter here: beyond-compliance-consortium.org/subscribe/

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

📰 NEWSLETTER! We are delighted to publish our third Beyond Compliance Consortium Newsletter. This issue provides a roundup of research progress, the latest events, resources & publications, and news from member and partner organisations (July-Nov 2025) 👉 Read issue 2 here: bit.ly/BCC-Newslett...

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Phase 2 of "Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to prevent harm and need in conflict" is hosted by "Armed Groups and International Law" blog #IHL #IHRL #HarmAndNeed #ArmedConflict

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

New blog post! Unilateral sanctions often hit civilians the hardest — and private overcompliance blocks even permitted aid out of fear. @mohammadkanfash.bsky.social shows this in Syria, raising tough questions about accountability and complicity. 👇 Read all at: bit.ly/blog_symposium

A beekeeper in Tartus Governorate, Banias, Syria, 2021. Many households depend on beekeeping in Tartus region. The sector suffers from the current crisis because of the pressure of inflation on equipment and transportation prices, and because of security issues.

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

The report highlights key insights and offers practical recommendations for international actors engaging with #NSAGs. Findings will inform and be tested in upcoming BCC activities—more to come!

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

In the report we synthesise current evidence on compliance and restraint by non-State armed groups (#NSAGs), moving beyond a focus on international humanitarian law (#IHL) to include international human rights law (#IHRL) and broader forms of restraint from violence and abuse.

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

📢New report: “The What, Who and How of Compliance and Restraint by Non-State Armed Groups: A Snapshot of Behavioural Variation”. 👉 Download the report, and summaries here: bit.ly/BCC-Paper-Se... 📢 📢This report is the No.1 issue in our new #BeyondCompliancePaperSeries: bit.ly/Beyond-Compl...

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