The Crisis, Conflict and Arms division documents and exposes violations of human rights and the laws of war during armed conflicts ... humanitarian aid and other basic necessities, as well as ...

A discussion of the pager attack in the Middle East and its implications for national security, the laws of war and global ...

International humanitarian law (IHL), also known as the laws of war or the law of armed conflict, is a set of international laws that establish what can and can't be done in an armed conflict. The ...

armed conflict under international humanitarian law (the laws of war). Serious violations of international humanitarian law constitute war crimes. 117 It is widely recognized that a civilian ...

IHL applies to armed conflicts, but it does not regulate ... the need for constraints in the waging of war. Its basic rules reflect a universal humanitarian instinct and overlap with human rights law ...

Some delegations considered the general principle to reflect customary international law. A number of delegations stated that the definition of armed conflicts in article 2(b) deviated from the ...

The main published output for this project is Women’s Rights in Armed Conflict Under International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2020). A Policy Summary of the book can be accessed through the ...

Rebel forces, particularly Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and the Syrian National Army (SNA), carried out an offensive that ended the 50 years of the Assad family's authoritarian rule in Syria.