The enforcement of the Geneva Conventions lies in states themselves, and therein lies the weak spot in IHL: The laws seem to ...

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's photo op in an El Salvadoran prison drew swift backlash online, but ...

At various times in history, rules have been laid down to govern ... implemented by President Lincoln during the Civil War. The first Geneva Convention protects the sick and wounded by giving ...

set out how soldiers and civilians should be treated in war. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols form the basis of modern international humanitarian law, setting out how soldiers and ...

The CCW Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War, agreed to in November 2003, is also relevant to cluster munitions. 5 Protocol I, along with the Fourth Geneva Convention, lays out the law that ...

The Geneva Conventions form the heart of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), which is supposed to protect non-combatants in time of war. Yet not only are civilians being increasingly targeted ...

the rules of war were temporary and informal, changing with each battle. No international rules existed. In 1864, twelve nations signed the first Geneva Convention, which guaranteed neutrality to ...

Vladimir Putin’s threat to treat Ukrainian prisoners of war captured in Kursk as “terrorists” represents a clear breach of the “laws of war”, a human rights activist has warned. And Tanya Lokshina has ...

However, in 1942, Japan indicated it would follow the Geneva rules and would observe the Hague Convention of 1907 outlining the laws and customs of war. That Japanese forces did not strictly ...

set out how soldiers and civilians should be treated in war. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols form the basis of modern international humanitarian law, setting out how soldiers and ...