The laws of war, also known as International Humanitarian Law or IHL, consist of the four 1949 Geneva Conventions, their two Additional Protocols of 1977, the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 ...

Dismissing the importance of the law of war is a recipe for strategic disaster, the author of this op-ed argues. Here, U.S. soldiers provide suppressing fire during an exercise at Novo Selo ...

How we got to a situation where a President can reasonably claim that it is lawful, without congressional approval, to bomb a ...

JACKIE NORTHAM, BYLINE: The law of war, or international humanitarian law, is a collection of treaties that, among other things, are meant to limit mass civilian casualties during a time of war.

If these reports are true, Israel is not abiding by the law of war—or the standards of wartime conduct which it set for itself. Israel has published a position paper on how it applies the law of ...

The laws of war, also known as International Humanitarian Law (IHL), consist of the four 1949 Geneva Conventions, their two Additional Protocols of 1977, the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, as ...

Measured against any major military campaign in modern history, Israel’s war in Gaza constitutes a master class on maintaining respect for the laws of war while fighting a lawless enemy. The fact that ...

In “On the Law of War and Peace” he lamented a “lack of restraint in relation to war” and posited a “common law among nations” that would impose limits.

Illustration: Ellie Foreman-Peck. Dec 19th 2024 | 5 min read. Listen to this story. ... In his treatise “On the Laws of War and Peace”, published in 1625, Grotius offered a solution.