The Israel Defense Forces bend over backward to comply with the law of armed conflict and the Geneva Conventions in their ongoing fight with Islamic terrorist groups such as Hamas.

Many humanitarian law experts would argue that Hamas and Israel are engaged in what is known as a "non-international armed conflict."In other words, it would be classified the same way as a civil ...

It is worthwhile acquiring the following books: Yoram Dinstein, The Conduct of Hostilities under the Law of International Armed Conflict (Cambridge UP, 3rd ed., 2016), Roberts and Guelff, Documents on ...

When analyzing an Israeli attack on Hezbollah using the principles of the law of armed conflict (LOAC)—specifically military necessity, proportionality, discrimination, and unnecessary suffering—it is ...

A Palestinian child wounded in an Israeli bombardment is carried into a hospital south of the Gaza Strip, Nov. 2, 2023. International humanitarian law seeks, for humanitarian reasons, "to limit ...

V. International Humanitarian Law and the Armed Conflict in Somalia. ... Somali law, like the laws of most nations, proscribes basic domestic crimes including murder, assault, arson, ...

Sources of Law Governing Use of Force and Armed Conflict. The laws governing armed conflict are set out in treaties, international charters and a body of principles known as customary ...

As a basic principle of the international law of armed conflict—as well as basic humanity—attacks against civilian sites are prohibited, unless, for example, those civilian sites are used for ...

On April 15, 2023, fighting broke out in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), at the time official military forces in the country.

Once conflict begins, every organized armed group participating is bound by international humanitarian law. The second point is that those laws are universal, not reciprocal.