Armed Conflict
Civilian Rights Under Military Pressure
The protection of civilians during armed conflict rests on a century-old body of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), anchored by the Geneva Conventions and the principle…
America’s Cluster Munition Problem
When a US admiral condemned Iran’s weapons conduct, reports pointed out the obvious difficulty: Washington has a cluster munition policy of its own that it…
Lebanon at a Breaking Point
The UN’s most senior humanitarian official has warned the Security Council that Lebanon is staring into an abyss. The country’s crises have a way of…
Words That Kill …
Officials from the United States, Iran, and Israel are using rhetoric that signals dangerous contempt for the laws of war. The civilians caught in between…
Iran War/Twelve Years Old and Fit for Duty!
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are recruiting children as young as 12. Under international law, enlisting those under 15 is a war crime.
Palestine/Israel/A Rope and a Double Standard
Israel’s new death-penalty law is designed to kill Palestinians faster, and with less scrutiny.
Blue Helmets in the Crossfire
Secretary-General Guterres condemned the killing as a potential war crime and called for accountability, while the WHO reported that 51 Lebanese health workers had been…
Hunger & The Strait
Farmers globally face what Torero called “a double shock,” with rising costs for both fuel and fertilizer threatening the coming planting season. If the disruption…
War Without Shelter
In Lebanon, Israeli strikes on targets linked to Hezbollah have intensified, often with less than an hour’s warning. Bridges destroyed in southern Lebanon have cut…
Holy Cities, Unholy Times
Jerusalem’s sacred spaces fall silent as an unfamiliar war reaches its ancient streets.
Dismantling the Rules That Protect Human Life in the Middle East Conflict
HRW calls on world leaders to invoke their obligations under Common Article 1 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions to actively pressure all parties to respect…
A War Spiralling Out of Humanitarian Law Control
Strikes on Iran by the US and Israel have left more than 82,000 civilian structures damaged or destroyed, according to the Iranian Red Crescent Society.
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