International law isn’t dead. Far from it. But impunity urgently needs to be addressed.
- Professor, Lancaster Law School, Lancaster University
The laws of war would prohibit a deliberate double tap strike against a hospital.
The IDF says it will not implement the government’s plan to forcibly move Palestinians to a camp in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Por que tão poucas atrocidades foram reconhecidas como o “crime dos crimes”?
Why have so few atrocities ever been recognised as the ‘crime of crimes’?
An expert in international law explains what constitutes genocide.
The investigation could amount to new evidence of alleged war crimes, but a new law protects the government from legal action.
‘Show trials’ by dictatorships have repeatedly been shown to have no basis in law.
When troops are injured in the line of duty as a result of negligence, they would have a limited time to take legal action, according to proposed changes.
British troops allegedly killed 24 unarmed villagers in Batang Kali in 1948, but the government still refuses a public inquiry.
The legal standards for military intervention are complicated and highly specific. It’s not clear an attack on Syria would meet them.
Compared with other attempts to mend deep wounds after wars and conflicts, the Chilcot Report falls depressingly short.
The home secretary is campaigning against Brexit, but with a caveat.
Return of the Jedi saw Emperor Palpatine’s regime brought crashing down – but the hard peace-building work to save the galaxy from a relapse was clearly never done.
Russia is the latest to deny 1995 massacre was genocide. Why is it so hard to agree on this issue?
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