Geneva Conventions

Bonnie Docherty discusses how a new legal framework could change how nations protect cultural heritage during armed conflict.

While legislating is traditionally seen as a role of the State, armed groups impose “rebel law” over ~64 million people in contested regions.

Services required for the survival of Ukraine’s civilian population – like healthcare – are affected by attacks on energy infrastructure.

Destroying cultural heritage in armed conflict impacts civilians and those who treasure it. States have legal and policy tools to protect it.

Analysis of the ICJ Order on May 24, 2024, requiring Israel to "[i]mmediately halt its military offensive, and any other action in the Rafah Governorate, which may inflict on the…

An explicit written order has not been -- nor should be -- necessary, whether for international justice or for collective memory.

The war in Sudan has led to genocidal attacks, displacement, disease, and famine, culminating in a grave humanitarian crisis. Yet, amidst the harrowing cries for help echoing from…

The prospect of a UN commemoration of the 1995 massacres in Bosnia as genocide has revived denials of the motives behind the killings.

Around the world `obstetric violence' remains entirely at the sidelines of global political conversations. 

About the legal assessment States providing material support to Israel in the form of arms must undertake.

The Court ordered Israel to ensure the unhindered provision of humanitarian assistance, in full cooperation with the United Nations, including by opening new land crossing points.

The latest on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security, human rights, and the rule of law.