International humanitarian law forbids intentional attacks on civilians. Targeting them or critical civilian infrastructure–such as hospitals–could constitute a war crime. It also prohibits attacks on ...

More than 450 civilians were killed in recent "horrific attacks" in Sudan's North Kordofan state which the UN Children's Fund ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Europe’s top human rights court delivered damning judgments on Wednesday against Russia, finding ...

Senior Israeli academics have warned forcing Palestinians into a closed-off area would be legally unjustified and constitute ...

Minister of Justice Nasser Al-Sumait announced Tuesday the completion of two draft laws aimed at reinforcing Kuwait’s ...

Meeting of States on Strengthening International Humanitarian Law Protecting Persons Deprived of their Liberty, 27 April 2015, Geneva, Switzerland. Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer President of the ...

The drafts have been submitted to the Fatwa and Legislation Department for review before their presentation to the Council of ...

The current draft text reiterates key provisions of international humanitarian law in several places and outlines measures to improve implementation. It should do more, however, to clarify how ...

Amman: The National Committee for International Humanitarian Law of Qatar is participating in the joint workshop organized by the National Committee ...

A number of Jordan Armed Forces personnel took part on Monday in a training course titled "The Status of International Humanitarian Law in Contemporary Armed Conflicts," organized by the General ...