Law of Armed Conflict/IHL

As the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly’s 77th annual session kicks off, atrocity crimes are being committed in many parts of the world. The U.N. Security Council, with…

Launching a new high-level series on an international criminal tribunal for Putin’s aggression against Ukraine and the role of the United Nations General Assembly.

Five years after the Myanmar military launched its clearance operation targeting the Rohingya in Rakhine State, the wheels of international justice continue slowly to turn. On…

The draft NDAA contains a number of important provisions for preventing and responding to civilian harm.

The international community must urgently do more to help Afghan refugees.

Overhauling U.S. policies for preventing and responding to civilian harm will require sustained engagement from Congress.

What the empirics say about how States and non-State actors actually behave on the battlefield and under what conditions their compliance with humanitarian law changes.

Accountability for the crime of aggression against Ukraine is necessary for both justice today and deterrence tomorrow.

Weapons' use and impact on civilians and combatants varies across genders - meaning States must undertake gender-sensitive reviews of new weapons.

Serious questions need to be addressed in order to establish that both the killing of Zawahiri, and the use of force against Afghanistan, were not violations of international law.

With a new strategy and advances in early warning analysis, efforts to identify and respond to atrocity risks can help save future lives.

Accountability for atrocities against Tamils and curbing Sinhala Buddhist nationalism are key to the island’s stability and prosperity.