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 ...

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 ...

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.

With ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Matthias Goldmann, professor of International Law at EBS University of Business and Law in Germany, about the ...