For more than a week, Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City was front and center in Israel’s military offensive. Outside, gunbattles raged and tanks closed in. As power was cut off, doctors reported ...

No two armed conflicts are the same. But the demands of international humanitarian law to protect civilians apply to all: do not deliberately or indiscriminately attack civilians, do not take ...

Three days after a deadly attack on a humanitarian convoy that claimed five lives, the UN and African Union called on all ...

What should Israel do to comply with international humanitarian law? Israel has fundamental legal obligations to abide by during its campaign against Hamas. Heavily charged statements by some ...

internally displaced people are protected by international human rights law and domestic law and, in situations of armed conflict, by international humanitarian law (IHL). Additionally, the UN Guiding ...

So how does international humanitarian law work exactly? And why is it so important? Get the facts and find out how these critical rules apply to conflicts around the world. The IRC is horrified by ...

The evolution of the body of conventions and treaties that make up modern international humanitarian law is a response to the devastating civilian losses from the wars of the 20th century.

These laws govern actions in war, not the reasons for the war. There are no cops to enforce international humanitarian law. The laws rely on diplomacy and negotiation. “They create standards ...

International humanitarian law is supposed to protect people in times of war. As is clear from the news, it’s often ignored. Less well-known are the many cases when warring parties respect it ...