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IMRF and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Domestic Courts and the States’ Obligation to Prevent Genocide and Serious Violations of IHL: The Brussels Court of Appe...

On 16 March 2026, the Brussels Court of Appeal (hereafter, the “Court”) issued an interlocutory judgment in summary proceedings (référé) concerning the alleged failure of the Belgi...

Announcements: CfP Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict; CfP European Yearbook of Constitutional Law

1. Call for Papers: Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict. The Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (JILPAC / HuV) invites submissions for it...

Evacuation Orders: An Unlawful Use of Precautionary Measures?

Introduction Around 800,000 Lebanese residents have been displaced so far since the beginning of this round of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. On 2 March 2026, the Israel...

Rights group hails Lebanon’s accession to the Mine Ban Treaty amidst regional conflict

Human Rights Watch welcomed Lebanon’s accession to the Mine Ban Treaty on Wednesday. The group described it as a positive development in addressing the severe humanitarian and soci...

Lebanon filmmaker Ali Cherri joins forces with FIDH to file legal complaint against Israel, charging ‘war crimes’

French-Lebanese artist and filmmaker Ali Cherri, alongside the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), filed a civil party complaint in the French courts denouncing Israe...

‘Closing the Gaps’ on Needed Action to End Attacks on Health

Click to expand Image Debris in a procedure room at Maternity Hospital No. 5 after a Rus...

South Sudan forces blocking aid amid mass evacuations, rights group reports

South Sudan’s military and opposition forces have blocked humanitarian access and unjustifiably ordered civilians to evacuate populated areas, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Sunday....

UN posts reminder on Geneva Conventions: 'Even wars have rules'

Some Democratic lawmakers have said the planned move to attack power plants and water desalination sites constitutes a war crime.

UN posts reminder on Geneva Conventions: 'Even wars have rules'

Some Democratic lawmakers have said the planned move to attack power plants and water desalination sites constitutes a war crime.

Call for Chapters: Book Titled Evolution of International Humanitarian Law in Modern Warfare: Submit by April 30

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UN says Israeli strikes in Lebanon, Hezbollah rockets into Israel may breach international law

By Olivia Le PoidevinGENEVA, April 24 (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights office said on Friday it has documented patterns of attacks on civilians in populated areas and residential...

Israeli attacks on Lebanon may violate international law, UN warns

UN report says Hezbollah rocket attacks on Israel may have breached international humanitarian law.

UN Chief denounces returns of Afghan asylum seekers and refugees as violation of international law

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday condemned the forced repatriations of refugees and asylum-seekers to Afghanistan by countries in the name of concerns ov...

Operation Hellfire: A fun house mirror of international law

Given the current state of affairs of the world, it is rather timely to be contemplating what it would mean...

Announcements: Advanced Studies on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Program; Sufficient Gravity before the ICC Book Lau...

1. Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law of the American University Washington College of Law: Program of Advanced Studies on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. Registration...

Starvation on Trial: Koblenz and the Case of Yarmouk

A trial in Germany concerning the siege of Yarmouk in Syria tests the application of universal jurisdiction to patterns of siege warfare and civilian deprivation. The post Starvat...

UN Commission of Inquiry calls for more protection of Palestinians affected by the war in Iran

The UN Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday called for international accountability in the midst of the Iran war, which it says has led to an unprecedented increase in human rights v...

Law experts express concerns over ‘violations of international law’ in the war.

From the Geneva revival to the first Geneva convention

Christian just war reasoning has long treated humanitarian limits as essential criteria for ...

Submission to the U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Application of the ICESCR in Situations of Arm...

Outgoing UN Special Rapporteur finds that the destruction of housing in armed conflict is a "central and systemic" violation of international law. The post Submission to the U.N. C...

The Iran war and international law: Fears grow of ‘age of impunity’

The Iran war is the latest conflict to see blows to principles of international law, rules of war, and protections for civilian populations.

UN experts call for immediate provision of humanitarian aid in South Sudan

Responding to a “catastrophic human rights and humanitarian crisis,” a group of 16 UN experts on Thursday urged the immediate protection of civilians and the facilitation of humani...

Access Denied: Assessing Thailand’s Legal Obligations to Displaced Persons from Prey Chan and Chouk Chey (Ban Nong Ya Ka...

There are reports of forced displacements at the disputed Thai-Cambodian border areas. The villages of Prey Chan and Chouk Chey (Ban Nong Ya Kaeo in Thai sources) have seen Cambodi...