International Humanitarian Law
International Humanitarian Law
International humanitarian law (IHL), often referred to as the laws of war, the laws and customs of war or the law of armed conflict, is the legal corpus "comprised of the Geneva Conventions and the Hague Conventions, as well as subsequent treaties, case law, and customary international law." It defines the conduct and responsibilities of belligerent nations, neutral nations and individuals engaged in warfare, in relation to each other and to protected persons, usually meaning civilians. The law is mandatory for... read more
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Amnesty links British jets to Saudi attacks in Yemen
From The Observer Dated 24 August 2010 Group calls on government to suspend arms supplies to Saudi Arabia over deaths of Yemeni civilians in air raidsTornado fighter-bombers supplied by the UK to Saudi Arabia are "extremely likely" to have been used in attacks on civilians in Yemen,...
Human rights handbook to shape military operations
From Manila Bulletin Dated 13 August 2010 The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) takes discipline in the military one notch higher with the release of the “AFP Human Rights Handbook,” which shall serve as the Filipino soldier's “bible” as he carry out the armed forces' internal...
International War Tribunal A Joke
From Judicial Watch Dated 9 August 2010 A fashion model’s flirtatious encounter with an African leader and a washed-out Hollywood actress’s recollection of diamonds delivered in the night headlined at the latest United Nations criminal court tribunal. Created by the famously inept world body...
Colombia urged to ensure independent judiciary
From Ekklesia Dated 9 August 2010 Colombia’s new government must ensure the independence of the country’s justice system, says a leading human rights agency. Colombia’s new government must ensure the independence of the country’s justice system, allowing it to bring to justice those responsible for human...
Two UN Gaza probes will not overlap
From The Malaysian Insider Dated 4 August 2010 GENEVA, Aug 4 — Two United Nations investigations into Israel’s May 31 interception of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla will not overlap but rather complement each other, a senior diplomat at the UN Human Rights Council said today. A council inquiry...
Whatever their motivation, WikiLeaks undermine international humanitarian law
From Crikey Dated 29 July 2010 The vast bulk of material recently released by WikiLeaks would not be new in nature to those who keep up with the Afghanistan War or the difficulties and perennial moral quandaries of fighting wars generally, writes Neil James , executive...
Wikileaks: a new journal of the disasters in Afghanistan | Philippe Sands
From The Guardian Dated 26 July 2010 The US military logs released by Wikileaks reveal widespread use of targeted killings. But is our aim true?Nothing beats raw material for its capacity to home in on truth. These logs are unvarnished and brutal, and it will take some...
Supreme Court: US peacemakers forced to stay home
From alt.muslim Dated 23 July 2010 Days before Secretary Clinton urged foreign governments to promote rule of law through an independent civil society; the U.S. Supreme Court struck a blow to American civil society's commitment to international human rights. In Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project (HLP)...
Taking water to occupied Jordan Valley
From Ekklesia Dated 21 July 2010 Lack of access to water has been a problem for Palestinians in the Jordan Valley since the Israeli occupation of the West Bank in 1967, says Doris Rachel. As she and other volunteers delivered bottles of water in the searing...
NPA frees captured soldier in Mindanao
From GMANews.tv Dated 20 July 2010 New People's Army (NPA) rebels on Tuesday released a soldier who they "arrested" in Compostela Valley province in Mindanao last month, in a gesture they called a show of respect for human rights and international humanitarian law.
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