Daragh Murray

About/Bio

Daragh Murray is a lecturer at the University of Essex School of Law and Director of the Human Rights Centre Clinic. He is primarily – although not exclusively – interested in issues relating to international human rights law and the law of armed conflict. His current research focuses on the human rights obligations of non-State armed groups.

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Author’s Response: Human Rights Obligations of Non-State Armed Groups

First of all, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to Jonathan Horowitz, Cordula Droege, and Marco Sassoli for taking the time to read my book and to engage with its arguments. All three discussants raised a number of interesting questions and although I cannot address them all here due to space limitations, they…

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Human Rights Obligations of Non-State Armed Groups

First of all I would like to extend a huge thank you to EJIL:Talk! for hosting this book discussion and to the three discussants for taking the time to read the book and to provide their comments. It is a privilege, and I look forward to the debate. ‘Human Rights Obligations of Non-State Armed Groups’…

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Non-State Armed Groups in NIAC: Does IHL Provide Legal Authority for the Establishment of Courts?

Court of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam The recent Serdar Mohammed v. Ministry of Defencecase has prompted a number of interesting and insightful posts addressing the issue of whether international humanitarian law (IHL) provides a legal basis for detention in Non-International Armed Conflicts (NIAC) (see, for example, here, here,…

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