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21 Dec 2023, 5:32 am by Leonard Rubenstein
The theory harks back to the influential nineteenth-century intellectual and military theorist Francis Lieber, who advanced it around the very time the first Geneva Convention was being developed. [read post]
20 Dec 2023, 9:01 pm by Samuel Estreicher
This body of customary international law, which was codified in the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their subsequent protocols, limits the use of force to the following situations: military necessity; where a distinction is made between combatants and non-combatants; and where the use of force is proportionate to the concrete military objective sought to be achieved.Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) attacks on Hamas military targets in Gaza, thus far, almost certainly comply with… [read post]
Since the conflict began, Ukrainian officials, the UN, and the ICC have reported violations of the Geneva Conventions. [read post]
Under Article 79 of the Geneva Convention, journalists “engaged in dangerous professional missions” in war zones are seen as civilians, extending the same protections to journalists and civilians local to a conflict zone under the Rome Statute. [read post]
16 Dec 2023, 4:15 am by Rob Robinson
We utterly condemn these Russian violations of the laws of armed conflict, Geneva Conventions, and humanity even though we do not describe them in these reports. [read post]
12 Dec 2023, 7:15 am by centerforartlaw
However, there are a number of downsides to litigation that pose real problems for the art world: (1) court proceedings are public forums that offer little confidentiality for litigants seeking to protect their reputation; (2) art-related disputes are often internationalized – requiring parties to bring claims in foreign, unfamiliar jurisdictions; (3) court remedies may fail to satisfy non-conventional stakeholders — such as Indigenous peoples — who may seek the return of… [read post]
10 Dec 2023, 8:05 am by Jiahang Li | JURIST Staff, CN
According to Article 27 of the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention, women shall be especially protected against any attack on their honor, in particular rape, enforced prostitution, or any form of indecent assault. [read post]
8 Dec 2023, 12:44 pm by Rob Robinson
We utterly condemn these Russian violations of the laws of armed conflict, Geneva Conventions, and humanity even though we do not describe them in these reports. [read post]
According to the indictment, the American was a “protected person” under the terms of the Fourth Geneva Convention. [read post]
These instruments underscore a prohibition of arms exports when such exports would contribute to human rights violations, in particular genocide, war crimes, and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions. [read post]
5 Dec 2023, 6:02 am by Lian Thawng Hnin
The violence of Myanmar’s civil war, soon to enter its third year, includes increasing domestic and international reports of resistance forces arbitrarily detaining and killing suspected junta collaborators. [read post]
Article 8 of the Rome Statute defines war crimes as violations of the Geneva Conventions or other international law. [read post]
” The Prosecutor General further stated that “The killing of prisoners of war is a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions and is classified as a grave international crime. [read post]
4 Dec 2023, 4:53 am by Beatrice Yahia
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30 Nov 2023, 3:38 pm by Rob Robinson
We utterly condemn these Russian violations of the laws of armed conflict, Geneva Conventions, and humanity even though we do not describe them in these reports. [read post]
30 Nov 2023, 1:36 pm by Dan Brackmann
However, it goes well beyond this by including significant coverage of other topics such as war crimes, the Geneva Convention, treatment of civilian populations, and aspects of international law as it pertains to armed conflict. [read post]
Article 71(2) of Additional Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions also grants special protections to aid workers in times of conflict, stating that “Where necessary, relief personnel may form part of the assistance provided in any relief action … such personnel shall be respected and protected. [read post]
27 Nov 2023, 3:48 am by Mayela Celis
Such rights are enshrined in universal, regional and national legal instruments, such as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the European Convention on Human Rights and national Constitutions at first. [read post]
24 Nov 2023, 3:41 am by Rob Robinson
We utterly condemn these Russian violations of the laws of armed conflict, Geneva Conventions, and humanity even though we do not describe them in these reports. [read post]
21 Nov 2023, 5:37 pm
Formed out of the Geneva Convention after WWII, this NGO has told the leaders in Gaza that all children must be protected and all hostages must be released. [read post]