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  • The ICESCR in Armed Conflict: Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • Domestic Courts and the States’ Obligation to Prevent Genocide and Serious Violations of IHL: The Brussels Court of Appe
  • Rights group hails Lebanon’s accession to the Mine Ban Treaty amidst regional conflict

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justsecurity.org /1 month ago

The ICESCR in Armed Conflict: Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Experts argue ICESCR applies in armed conflict and caution against broad claims of international humanitarian law as lex specialis. The post The ICESCR in Armed Conflict: Submissio...

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ejiltalk.org /1 month ago

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...

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jurist.org /1 month ago

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...

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hrw.org /1 month ago

‘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...

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pmnewsnigeria.com /3 weeks ago

Nigeria reaffirms commitment to international humanitarian law

Speaking on the comprehensive frameworks implemented by the Federal Government to address historical challenges from past foreign peacekeeping operations, Musa assured the delegati...

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ejiltalk.org /4 weeks ago

War Crimes without a War Crimes Statute? The Shajareh Tayyebeh Minab School Attack and the Possibility of Domestic Prose...

Introduction The initiation of criminal complaints concerning the attack by the US armed forces on the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in Minab has brought a doctrinal issue of di...

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ejiltalk.org /1 week ago

Treatable Wounds, Untreated Law: What Modern Battlefield Medicine Tells Us About the Principle of Unnecessary Suffering

Introduction Advances in battlefield medicine have transformed the legal relevance of the principle of unnecessary suffering in international humanitarian law—but the legal communi...

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globalissues.org /4 weeks ago

UN urges adherence to mine ban treaty

Countries must uphold international law limiting the use of anti-personnel mines, which kill and maim civilians long after conflicts have ended, the UN human rights office, OHCHR,...

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justsecurity.org /3 weeks ago

Beyond the Vanishing Point? What the Destruction of Civilian Infrastructure in Armed Conflicts Reveals about the State a...

There is a widening gap between international humanitarian law and the realities of civilians affected by armed conflicts. The post Beyond the Vanishing Point? What the Destruction...

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jurist.org /1 month ago

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...

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jurist.org /3 weeks ago

UN upholds freedom of movement for peacekeepers in Lebanon amidst ongoing regional hostilities

The United Nations on Thursday renewed its call for full freedom of movement for peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, warning that restrictions on the operations of UNIFIL (UN Interim...

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dutchnews.nl /1 month ago

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...

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legalbites.in /2 weeks ago

7-Day Faculty Development Programme on International Humanitarian Law by ISIL [Online; Register by July 30]

Join ISIL's 7-Day Online Faculty Development Programme on International Humanitarian Law. Register by July 30. Scroll down for more details!

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justsecurity.org /1 month ago

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...

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al-monitor.com /1 month ago

UN human rights office to send investigators to Lebanon over potential international law violations in war, chief says

June 10 (Reuters) - The UN human rights office will deploy a team of investigators to Lebanon next week to assess potential violations of international law by all parties during th...

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jurist.org /1 month ago

Rights group calls for release of aid workers detained by Houthi rebels in Yemen

Human Rights Watch on Sunday demanded that Houthi authorities who have systematically detained more than 70 United Nations employees in Yemen over the course of two years release t...

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ejiltalk.org /1 month ago

Announcements: Second World Approaches to International Law Webinar; CfP Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law; CfP...

1. Webinar on Second World Approaches to International Law. Exploring international law as a complex set of practices and ideas shaped by dominant discourses and their blind spots,...

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jurist.org /1 month ago

Civil society coalition warns AI warfare erodes humanitarian law safeguards

More than 200 civil society groups and advocates on Monday called for an immediate halt to the use of artificial intelligence systems in military “kill chains,” warning that AI-acc...

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hrw.org /3 weeks ago

Support Builds to Protect Children from Crimes Against Humanity

Click to expand Image Children wait near the site of Okhmatdyt children’s hospital hit b...

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jurist.org /5 days ago

Ukraine civilians trapped in Russian-occupied Kherson region, HRW warns

Civilians in Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Kherson region are experiencing a humanitarian crisis and cannot safely evacuate, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Thursday. HRW stated: “...

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hrw.org /1 month ago

Global Failure to Protect Right to Health in Conflict

Click to expand Image A man stands on the debris at the site of a drug rehabilitation ho...

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freemovement.org.uk /4 weeks ago

Briefing: the duty of refugee sea rescue in international law

In the absence of safe and legal routes to sanctuary countries in which they can rebuild their lives, refugees often resort to travel by unsafe means. The issue of rescuing refugee...

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justsecurity.org /1 month ago

Follow the Law, not the Plan: Legal Considerations for Third States in Gaza

Third State’s support for Trump’s Gaza plan must remain strictly conditioned on compliance with international law and be continuously reassessed in light of evolving facts. The po...

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ejiltalk.org /4 days ago

Announcements: The Human Right to Peace Webinar; CfP The Daily Life of International Law

1. The Human Right to Peace: Past, Present, and Future Webinar. NUS Centre for International Law is inviting registrations for the upcoming webinar “The Human Right to Peace: Past,...

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