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Many in Africa, including governments and non-state parties to conflicts, don’t trust international law. They consider it intrusive.
On the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, the world still witnesses brutal and illegal violations of the rules of war. Only greater collective responsibility will improve the situation.
Proportionality requires that lives of civilians on both sides of a conflict must be treated with the same degree of respect.
Cyberspace is a battlefield in modern conflicts – and combatants must follow international humanitarian law to protect civilians.
Nearly all of the 129 aid workers killed on the job in 2021 were from the countries where they lost their lives.
The Red Cross has released the name of a New Zealand nurse captured by ISIS in Syria more than five years ago in an appeal for help in finding her. But the move has caused a rift with the government.
The world has turned its back on the Nuba people of Sudan. Despite the critical need for food, none of the organisations involved in helping people in dire need have attempted to deliver aid to them.
The 1994 Rwandan genocide evokes shame, despair, and revulsion.Yet, the events warrant reflection and remind us about the risks of looking the other way.
A project that aims to change the fate of accident victims in developing countries.
Under proposed changes, the war crime offence of murder, in a non-international armed conflict, would not apply to collateral civilian deaths resulting from an otherwise lawful attack.
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