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 ...
Today the United States endorsed the Safe Schools Declaration, a political commitment to protect education during war. By ...
Clionadh Raleigh is president and CEO of the Armed Conflict Location ... not a reliable narration of conflict — it’s a list of dubious, convenient “facts.” And that this information is now entirely ...
On Thursday, a separate conflict of interest issue emerged over Lord Hermer’s recent representation of families accusing Britain’s Armed Forces ... a crime in domestic law, but a war crime ...
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 ...
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 ...
To do so, he said, would require each strike and operation to be assessed to determine whether they adhered to the laws of armed conflict and whether all were proportional, but he did not think ...
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 ... governments to pass laws protecting children ...
“He is not in any way advocating that anybody not follow the Law of Armed Conflict,” Parlatore said. “He is saying that the way that has been interpreted at the local level is overly ...