The proliferation of armed conflicts is perhaps the biggest challenge 21st Century international system. These have become a monumental lucrative industry, where parties external to fighting, i.e., third parties, smile bank, from proceeds made on major deals in defence contracts and arms sales. In process, they leave behind trail civilian fatalities. Notwithstanding extensive literature conflic...

The author of the article highlights most important issues today, in particular relationship between norms and principles international law, human rights fundamental freedoms during non-international armed conflicts related to violations Article 2 Convention for Protection Human Rights Fundamental Freedoms November 4, 1950. This is very relevant because it covers one law its applied violation F...

Armed conflicts are generally associated with the use of hard power for coercing and forcing an opponent to do something against its will in a situation where war is extension politics. However, there many scholarly observations about important role soft armed conflicts, interaction between power, effects on one another within framework conflict. This paper explores two specific 2003 U.S.-led m...

the inhuman acts of israel in the gaza strip (2008-9) have seriously violated the international humanitarian law.international documents such as the geneva convention (iv) and additional protocol to the geneva conventions (ii) relating to protecting civilians during armed conflicts have clearly indicated violation of humanitarian law during israeli’s deadly offensive at the turn of the year. u...

Throughout history ways have been sought to limit the effects of war and protect civilians by regulating how wars are fought. Yet one need only look at the conflicts in Syria, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Libya and Yemen to see the challenges these efforts continue to face. Conflicts such as these – and the loss of life, dignity and livelihoods that they cause – compel us to ask w...