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The Role of International Financial Institutions in International Humanitarian Law
Report from the International Humanitarian Law Working Group

Laurie R. Blank

This report focuses on the role of international financial institutions in the implementation and enforcement of international humanitarian law, and is based on the discussion and a paper presented by Professor Daniel Bradlow at a meeting of the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Working Group held on February 7, 2001.

The IHL Working Group, chaired by Michael Matheson, is a policy forum convened by the Rule of Law Program at the United States Institute of Peace to facilitate discussion among international lawyers, nongovernmental organizations, and government agencies working on international humanitarian law.

Laurie R. Blank is a program officer in the Institute's Rule of Law Program, focusing on issues relating to transitional justice, international humanitarian law, and war crimes. She also directs the International Humanitarian Law Working Group. Before joining the Institute, she was an associate attorney in the litigation department of the New York law firm of Shearman & Sterling.

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