Call for Submissions: Addressing the Wagner Group in the Global Context, Armed Groups and International Law
In light of Resolution 2556 and Wagner’s complex legal status, the scope of its operations, and its impact on communities across multiple conflict zones, the Armed Groups and International Law blog is launching a symposium to foster deeper discussion on how best to address this actor. We invite blog submissions addressing some of the following themes (this list is not exhaustive):
- Is the Wagner Group a state or non-state actor?
- Challenges in investigating and documenting the Wagner Group (eg, from a journalist’s perspective)
- Accountability gaps and barriers to justice
- Arms transfers involving the Wagner Group
- The impact of UN and other international sanctions on Wagner’s operations
- Can the UN Human Rights Council establish a Commission of Inquiry on Wagner?
- Wagner’s role in natural resource exploitation
- Implications for Security Sector Reform (SSR) and Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) in relation to mercenaries and private military and security companies (PMSCs).
- Legal avenues for prosecuting Wagner Group members for sexual and gender-based violence
- Crimes committed by the Wagner Group against children
- Wagner-linked environmental crimes
- The relationship between Wagner and NSAGs
Please send us a short email ([email protected]) by 7 May indicating that you intend to submit a post. Final drafts (1,500-2,000 words), in accordance with our submission guidelines, will be due by 16 May. Editors reserve the right to publish only selected blogs. The symposium will be published during May 2025.
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