Use of Force

To thwart Hamas’s strategy, Israel must commit to protect civilians. And Biden must defend human rights and international law with action.

States must invest in “alternative” sites for atrocity prevention because “primary” sites such as the Security Council are foreclosed.

A plea for the equal application of international law to protect against atrocities in the Israel-Hamas War.

A UN Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas war, US airstrikes in Syria and Article 51 implications, ICJ elections, and more.

A response to an article published on how military campaigns can never be rendered disproportionate by the total harm inflicted on civilians.

Whether the magnitude of State responses to terror is ethical and wise goes beyond determinations of legal compliance.

The right of self-defense does not permit a disproportionate loss of civilian life, writes Professor Adil Haque in this essay on what U.N. Member States can say.

This arc reveals both the African Union’s strengths and weaknesses in stopping atrocity crimes, and what it might yet accomplish.

Reinvigorating the atrocity prevention agenda requires focusing on accountability.

Introducing a collaboration with the Programme on International Peace and Security at the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict.

"Conversations of this nature are useless if their participants fail to acknowledge their differences of opinion about underlying assumptions."

International law is critical to survival in Israel and Palestine.