Released six months after the violence, this fact-finding report of the APCR exposes how state agencies, institutions, and ...

WASHINGTON — The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda on Friday signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help ...

The M72 LAW (Light Anti-tank Weapon) is a portable, one-shot 66mm unguided anti-tank weapon that became a staple of US infantry forces in the early 1960s, replacing the “Super Bazooka.” -Inspired in ...

Israel accused Iran of a “war crime”, but Iran said the hospital was close to a military site, which was the real target.

Similarly, the International Law Commission (ILC) addressed whether environmental and other treaties remain valid during armed conflict in its 2011 Draft Articles on the Effects of Armed Conflict ...

According to the Geneva Academy’s Rule of Law in Armed Conflict portal, the ongoing conflicts are in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), with more than 45 armed conflicts in Israel ...

The International Humanitarian Law (IHL) classifies two types of armed conflicts: International Armed Conflict (IAC) and Non-international Armed Conflict (NIAC). Common Article 2 of the Geneva ...

The deficiences of the law in protecting victims of armed conflict is evident in the deliberate targeting of civilians, obstruction of humanitarian aid, and abuse of vulnerable groups in Gaza ...

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.

Though the international arms trade has never been as extensively regulated as it is today, weapons and munitions continue to flow, overtly and covertly, to some of the most brutal armed conflicts.

The obligation of all countries to maintain international stability, the role of humanitarian law in times of crisis, and Qatar’s mediation role were the themes of talks hosted by Georgetown ...