While discussions continue about a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the death toll rises, an international humanitarian expert ...

With a total of 196 state parties, there are no other international treaties as widely ratified as the four 1949 Geneva Conventions on the Laws of War. But these important treaties are showing their ...

For journalists reporting on conflicts, understanding IHL provides a framework to analyse and report on violations, fostering ...

We urge the International Red Cross to act decisively in this matter. The ICRC bears a crucial responsibility to safeguard ...

About the series: The application and interpretation of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their two Additional Protocols of 1977 have developed significantly in the sixty years since the ICRC ...

India should incorporate CAH and other international crimes into its domestic law, even if it is not a party to the Rome Statute, and lead the way in ending impunity for grave human rights violations ...

“Civilians cannot afford for the ceasefire to lapse, plunging them back into heavy fighting that would bring more death and ...

Instead of ending the practice, armed groups have increased recruitment and use of children for armed conflict purposes, from ...

A growing legal movement has turned to the principle of universal jurisdiction, which allows national courts to take on ...

Journalists in Gaza risk their lives to report the truth, while the global media remains complicit in silencing their voices.