Protection of civilians

Accountability for the crime of aggression matters because acts of aggression can lead to other grave crimes, including war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Rather than revert to the era when the U.S. last used cluster munitions, the U.S. and Ukraine, as well as Russia, should cease transfer and use of cluster munitions to protect…

Providing cluster munitions to Ukraine would be escalatory, counterproductive, and only further increase the dangers to civilians caught in combat zones and those who will, someday,…

Proponents of an autonomous weapons systems treaty should look to the Convention on Cluster Munitions' success for guidance and motivation.

To understand the conflict in Sudan and how it will impact the region we have Quscondy Abdulshafi, Suliman Baldo, and Rebeca Hamilton.

Resolution 2573’s implementation will benefit from a better understanding of the links between damaged infrastructure and public health.

The result is a frequent perception of enabling rights abuses and atrocities committed by foreign military partners.

The success of the political endorsement to protect civilians warrants celebration, but it also marks the beginning of a new phase of work.

Pressing for certain "reforms" carries risks. The US, with allies, can take steps to help avert a further deterioration. 

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.

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

Recent escalation of violence in eastern DRC has already displaced over 150,000 civilians and killed at least 23.