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 ...

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.

IDF holds International Conference on the Law of Armed Conflict Military Advocate General MG Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi leads 3-day conference with senior experts in international law from 30 countries.

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 ...

There are also positive duties regarding fellow co-parties in the realm of protecting individuals affected by armed conflict. A co-party’s positive obligation to take all ‘possible’ measures to search ...

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 protection of health care in armed conflict dates to the 1864 Geneva Convention. Yet violations of international humanitarian law related to the protection of health care occur on a near daily ...

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.

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 ...