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I am grateful to the editors of the volume for including this contribution.
I also greatly valued the opportunity to present and discuss this work at the 2025
@ESILIGICJ
workshop in Berlin—many thanks to the convenors and participants. 5/

Comparative insights are drawn from Sierra Leone, Timor-Leste, and Liberia.
These experiences highlight the importance of reparations that are survivor-centred, gender-sensitive, and responsive to broader processes of social repair. 4/

It analyses Ukraine’s Urgent Interim Reparations Programme—the first of its kind to operate during an active conflict.
The programme provides survivors with financial, psychological, and medical support while hostilities continue. 3/

The chapter examines:
- the systemic use of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) in Ukraine;
- the difficulties of applying international reparations law during an ongoing armed conflict;
- specific challenges for addressing CRSV. 2/

We also warmly thank the previous E-i-C, @profjmcadam.bsky.social, @profgsgilbert.bsky.social & Guy S. Goodwin-Gill for marvellously steering the journal & all EB members, past & current for rich contributions! @myrmek.bsky.social @catbriddick.bsky.social @ndftan.bsky.social @yuliaioffe.bsky.social

Totally agree. I just think some recent interpretations of IHL have stretched things so far they’ve become impractical to apply. That kind of overreach may be one factor in the loss of political will—when states feel like full compliance is impossible, they’re more likely to disengage entirely.

But the law may be also a problem if formed by those with luxury beliefs—by those who never been in or seen war, arguing from the safety of New York & London, insisting on standards that are only possible in their reality of absence of war.

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8/ Ultimately, adopting this approach would align UK policy more closely with international human rights obligations. 🔗Read the full article here: www.bloomsburyprofessionalonline.com/view/journal...

7/ I suggest practical ways lawyers can leverage this interpretation of Article 8 ECHR to better protect refugee children's right to family life.

6/ Current UK immigration rules bar refugee children from sponsoring parents or siblings for reunification, which contradicts international child rights standards, particularly the CRC.

5/ Article 8 ECHR, interpreted correctly in line with Article 9 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), should presume against family separation.

4/ Specifically, I advocate for treating the best interests of refugee children as a paramount consideration—not merely a primary one—in family reunification decisions.

3/ I propose a more robust, child-centred interpretation of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), guided by the best interests of the child.

2/ In this article, I argue that UK immigration rules currently fail refugee children by not adequately protecting their right to reunite with family.

🗓️ Deadline: Friday 12 September 2025, 12 noon (UK)
🔗 www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/call-fo...

In ‘Family Reunification Claims of Refugee Children in the UK: Exploring the Potential of Article 8 ECHR Interpreted in Line with the Best Interests of the Child’, @yuliaioffe.bsky.social argues that Art 8 ECHR requires the articulation of a distinctive child-centred approach to family reunification