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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Owen Bowcott

BIZARRE: Francoise hampson obituary | Mind Blowing Facts

26 October 2017 Françoise Hampson, Member of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, briefs journalists. Commission of Inquiry on Burundi Addresses Press
Françoise Hampson was a member of the UN commission of inquiry on Burundi in 2017. Photograph: UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

After Nato jets bombed Serbian state radio and television (RTS) in Belgrade in 1999, killing 16 technicians and editors, it was a British lawyer, Françoise Hampson, who took on the relatives’ quest for legal redress.

Hampson, who has died aged 74 of lung cancer, had the unusual distinction of being a prominent expert in both human rights and international humanitarian law – the rules of armed conflict.

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