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Germany, Aerial Drone Attack in Mir Ali/Pakistan
ECJ, Aboubacar Diakité v. Commissaire général aux réfugiés et aux apatrides
Eastern Ukraine, OHCHR Report on the Situation: November 2016 - February 2017
Eastern Ukraine, Attacks Against and Military Use of Schools
United Kingdom, Arms Trade With Saudi Arabia
Israel, Blockade of Gaza and the Flotilla Incident
Colombia Peace Agreement
Italy, Use of force against ambulances in Iraq
ICC, The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga
ACHPR, Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda
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