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In 2019, Ukraine and Gaza were categorised ‘minor conflicts’. By 2023, both wars were drivers of data on hostilities. According to the Geneva Academy’s Rule of Law in Armed Conflict portal ...

This note outlines and explains the role of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies during international armed conflict under international humanitarian law (IHL). While it primarily focuses on ...

While I wish everyone a happy new year, especially children, I am constrained to write about the dire plight of children living in areas of armed conflict ... humanitarian law (IHL) and human ...

On Thursday, a separate conflict of interest issue emerged over Lord Hermer’s recent representation of families accusing Britain’s Armed Forces ... He said: “It’s basic practice to declare ...

Both the Congolese armed forces and the M23 rebel group fired ... weapons is a new and dangerous development in a ...

Thursday's sanctions on Sudanese Armed Forces leader Abdel ... and we follow the law." And Blinken expressed regrets that this conflict has escalated. It has followed many of the same contours ...

The impact of armed conflicts on children around the world ... to adhere to their obligations under international humanitarian law. A young refugee from the war in Sudan attends school at a ...

The world experienced a further surge in conflicts in 2024, according to data provided by the NGO Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED), which maps conflicts across the world’s regions.

On December 31, 2024, the United Nations warned that armed groups have increased recruitment and use of children for armed conflict purposes ... Humanitarian Law, and Human Rights Law, including ...

For many women around the world, the devastating loss of a partner is magnified by a long-term fight for their basic rights and ... Today, as armed conflicts, displacement and migration, and ...

For three years, the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been embroiled in an armed conflict between the ... There is a law that came out; all these Wazalendo, all those we call ...