The law of armed conflict is straightforward – combatants must only target military objectives, not civilians.
- Professor of International Law and Director, Sydney Centre for International Law, University of Sydney
Using nerve agents is banned under the Chemical Weapons Convention, but North Korea is not a party to it.
How does one go about nominating to be UN secretary-general? And who needs to be on your side to get the top job?
A naughty nurse outfit sporting a red cross can actually harm the efforts of aid workers. The Red Cross is a protected emblem – designed to help those most vulnerable in times of war – and its misuse can lessen its effectiveness.
Should the bill be enacted in its current form, Australian citizenship will be able to be stripped from dual nationals by bureaucratic determination for conduct that is defined with reference to the criminal law.
In its rush to deny overseas fighters their Australian citizenship, the government must ensure it doesn’t end up endorsing the very thing it wants to repudiate.
Throughout the morning of July 3, Australian news media were reporting that the aircraft carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales had been forced to make an unscheduled stopover in Vienna, en route from…
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