From Outrage to Engagement: Might Promoting Compliance Succeed Where Condemnation Has Failed?

From Outrage to Engagement: Might Promoting Compliance Succeed Where Condemnation Has Failed?

From Outrage to Engagement: Might Promoting Compliance Succeed Where Condemnation Has Failed? The mood at this year’s European Humanitarian Forum (EHF) oscillated between frustration, foreboding, and a pervasive sense of hyper-normalization. The Secretary-General of...
Australia’s Afghanistan Inquiry Compensation Scheme: A Pragmatic Model for Individual Reparations

Australia’s Afghanistan Inquiry Compensation Scheme: A Pragmatic Model for Individual Reparations

Australia’s Afghanistan Inquiry Compensation Scheme: A Pragmatic Model for Individual Reparations Editors’ note: This post draws from the author’s forthcoming examination of the Afghanistan Inquiry Compensation Scheme’s legal framework and...
War Reloaded: The Erosion of Norms and the Urgency of Prevention

War Reloaded: The Erosion of Norms and the Urgency of Prevention

War Reloaded: The Erosion of Norms and the Urgency of Prevention After decades of cautious optimism about the global decline of warfare, recent trends paint a far more troubling picture. Civilians are increasingly caught in the crossfire, non-State armed groups and...
Lieber Studies Series – Why the Term “Humanitarian Corridor” is a Misleading Expression

Lieber Studies Series – Why the Term “Humanitarian Corridor” is a Misleading Expression

Lieber Studies Series – Why the Term “Humanitarian Corridor” is a Misleading Expression Editors’ note: This post is based on the author’s chapter in Civilian Protection in Armed Conflict: Select Issues (Jelena Pejic & Margaret Kotlik eds. 2025), the eleventh...
Beyond Compliance Symposium – Redressing Civilian Harm and Going Beyond IHL Compliance

Beyond Compliance Symposium – Redressing Civilian Harm and Going Beyond IHL Compliance

Beyond Compliance Symposium – Redressing Civilian Harm and Going Beyond IHL Compliance Editors’ note: This post forms part of the Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to Prevent Harm and Need in Conflict, featured across Articles of War and Armed Groups and International...