Civilian Casualties (CIVCAS)

The State Department submitted its NSM-20 report on Israeli assurances that use of U.S. weapons will follow international law.

Despite recent reforms, the Pentagon still has not made any condolence payments for civilian harm resulting from U.S. military operations.

As use of the weapons accelerates, including in Ukraine, a proposed UN fund would provide direct support for victims and aid accountability.

The mission serves as an important precedent for others, so the international community must provide funding as a gesture of respect.

A critical assessment of the U.S. DoD Law of War Manual's approach to membership status in non-State armed groups.

What stories or topics merited more attention in 2023, with a particular eye toward what might inform law and policy conversations in 2024?

Too many on either side speak to themselves as if the other side didn’t exist or isn’t relevant.

Israel’s expanded use of AI in the war in Gaza may partially explain widespread civilian harm.

In armed conflicts, humanitarian crises, and climate-induced disasters, older people often suffer disproportionately. First in a series.

International law is critical to survival in Israel and Palestine.

Officials are scrambling to gauge foreign involvement and intelligence failures, even as they decide how to respond militarily and otherwise.

EU presses to let mandate end despite commission finding that “past and current abuses in these four regions demand further investigation.”