Israel is now battling three terrorist groups: Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis. The U.S. continues to fight against ISIS and related terrorists in several parts of the world. It is important ...

International courts have never been busier. Conflicts are more common than at any point since 1945. Ever more civilians are being bombed, starved and raped by men with guns. These are the curses that ...

There are rules and norms in place in conflicts meant to shield civilians from the worst harms of war. But human rights groups say lately they're being ignored or broken. Our correspondent has been ...

With ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Matthias Goldmann, professor of International Law at EBS University of Business and Law in Germany, about the relevance ...

GLOOM WILL accompany the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions next month. Debates rage as to whether this batch of treaties, which govern how wars may be fought, and later protocols, which ban ...

Exploding thousands of electronic devices in people’s hands and pockets may be unique in the history of warfare, but the familiar laws of war still apply. On Tuesday, pagers and other personal devices ...

The murder of survivors clinging to a boat was a war crime. The Geneva Conventions declare shipwrecked persons “shall be respected and protected.” The U.S. Department of Defense Law of War Manual ...

Senior Lecturer in Law and Co-Director New Zealand Centre for Public Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington provides funding as a ...