by Jon Griffiths | Nov 9, 2023
Attacks and Warnings in Urban Warfare The media coverage of recent armed conflicts has brought to a wider audience the existential nature of urban warfare and its humanitarian costs. For some, the era of urban warfare has arrived. From an historical perspective,...
by Ori Pomson | Nov 7, 2023
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – The Obligation to Allow and Facilitate Humanitarian Relief Much has been written and said over the past few weeks on obligations relating to humanitarian supplies in the context of the Gaza conflict. Certain authors went straight to...
by Michael N. Schmitt | Nov 3, 2023
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – What is and is not Human Shielding? The use of human shields is looming large in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. President Biden has on numerous occasions charged Hamas with using civilians as human shields, as has European...
by Amichai Cohen | Oct 23, 2023
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – A Moment of Truth: International Humanitarian Law and the Gaza War Hamas’s horrendous October 7 attack on Israeli civilians and Israel’s anticipated response pose a unique challenge to scholars and practitioners of the Law...
by Helen Durham, Ben Saul | Oct 19, 2023
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – The Circle of Suffering and the Role of IHL Great suffering is the cause and consequence of armed conflict. International humanitarian law (IHL) sets a minimum base line of humanity at times when tensions and emotions run at unbearably...
by Rosa-Lena Lauterbach | Oct 16, 2023
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – A “Complete Siege” of Gaza in accordance with International Humanitarian Law The recent attacks committed by Hamas in Israel can only be described as abhorrent. The death toll of the ongoing escalation of violence has (as at the time of...
