International Humanitarian Law: An Introduction

humanitarian intervention and international law

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Sacrificial Violence and Targeting in International Humanitarian Law

International Humanitarian Law and the Environment by Professor Alexandre Kiss

Challenges to international humanitarian law: Israel’s occupation policy

The complexity of the ever-shifting humanitarian landscape in the Middle East region –where the effects of perennial conflict and instability have rarely been contained within one country – is a major preoccupation for humanitarian organisations like the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). As fighting continues in Syria, unprecedented levels of displacement and destruction have res...

Weaponising neurotechnology: international humanitarian law and the loss of language

In recent years, research on military applications of neuroscience has grown in sophistication, raising the question as to whether states using weapon systems that draw on neuroscience are capable of applying international humanitarian law (IHL) to that use. I argue that neuroweapons largely eliminate the role of language in targeting, render unstable the distinction between superior and subord...