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.

In times of armed conflict, the wounded and sick include anyone, whether military or civilian, who needs medical attention and is not, or no longer, taking part in hostilities. Under international ...

On Aug. 12, 1949, the international community ratified the Geneva Conventions, also known as the International Humanitarian Law (IHL), establishing the rules and guidelines during armed conflict. The ...

Armed conflict is today regulated not by a single body of international law, but by different regimes – including, most fundamentally, the ius ad bellum, the ius in bello (otherwise referred to as ...

Human Rights Watch released a question and answer document today that explains how international humanitarian law applies to the armed conflict in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) under ...

See “Law of Armed Conflict Beyond Black and White: Navigating the Gray Areas of Warfare,” Military Law Center, The Law of Armed Conflict: A Guide to Responsible Warfare (militarylawcenter.com).

The law of armed conflict, including all of the rules that I mentioned earlier, apply as much to the actor engaged in self-defense as any actor engaged in aggression.

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 ...