Humanitarian Considerations in International Air Law

humanitarian intervention and international law

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Sacrificial Violence and Targeting in International Humanitarian Law

Humans, Agents and International Humanitarian Law: Dilemmas in Target Discrimination

The severity of the (potential) consequences of the use of agents in the military domain imperatively necessitates research on the application of the law of armed conflict, which provides ‘constraints’ on ‘human’ warfare. In this paper, one of the main principles of that law, target discrimination, is used to highlight legal and ethical dilemmas involving the use of autonomous agents. The incid...

International Humanitarian Law and the Environment by Professor Alexandre Kiss

Challenges to international humanitarian law: Israel’s occupation policy

The complexity of the ever-shifting humanitarian landscape in the Middle East region –where the effects of perennial conflict and instability have rarely been contained within one country – is a major preoccupation for humanitarian organisations like the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). As fighting continues in Syria, unprecedented levels of displacement and destruction have res...