Food Security Assessments and International Law

Food Security Assessments and International Law

Food Security Assessments and International Law Food security remains an urgent and widespread global issue, with an estimated 281.6 million people in 59 countries or territories facing acute food insecurity in 2023. For nearly half of those people, conflict was the...
Attacks and Warnings in Urban Warfare

Attacks and Warnings in Urban Warfare

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,...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – The Obligation to Allow and Facilitate Humanitarian Relief

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – The Obligation to Allow and Facilitate Humanitarian Relief

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...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – What is and is not Human Shielding?

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – What is and is not Human Shielding?

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...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – A Moment of Truth: International Humanitarian Law and the Gaza War

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – A Moment of Truth: International Humanitarian Law and the Gaza War

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...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – The Circle of Suffering and the Role of IHL

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – The Circle of Suffering and the Role of IHL

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...