International Humanitarian Assistance and International Law

humanitarian intervention and international law

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International humanitarian assistance: where do emergency physicians belong?

As human civilization faces new and challenging humanitarian crises, the entrance of EPs into the realm of HA is needed and timely. As noted by Jennifer Leaning [35], an EP at Harvard University, "Medical and public health personnel who respond to these crises enter a domain of perilous complexity. Road maps do not exist, but the possibility of good favors the prepared mind." Thus, with proper ...

Sacrificial Violence and Targeting in International Humanitarian Law

International Humanitarian Law and the Environment by Professor Alexandre Kiss

Weaponising neurotechnology: international humanitarian law and the loss of language

In recent years, research on military applications of neuroscience has grown in sophistication, raising the question as to whether states using weapon systems that draw on neuroscience are capable of applying international humanitarian law (IHL) to that use. I argue that neuroweapons largely eliminate the role of language in targeting, render unstable the distinction between superior and subord...