New research looking into the US government-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation shows when aid is handed over to corporations, civilians pay the price.
- Associate Professor (Law), Edith Cowan University
Critics say internal IDF investigations are too slow and biased, and the bar to holding soldiers accountable is far too high.
The report found evidence of children being deliberately targeted by Israeli Defense Forces. Such acts would amount to war crimes under international law.
Israeli treatment of the detained flotilla activists has outraged the world. This is why international law matters in conflicts.
This development reverses decades of global movement towards abolition of the death penalty, while normalising executions in an occupied territory.
En 2025, les attaques contre les infrastructures médicales ont atteint des niveaux record au cours des conflits armés, et l’année 2026 semble suivre le même chemin. Que dit le droit international à ce sujet ?
Afganistán afirma que al menos 400 personas murieron el lunes en un ataque pakistaní contra un hospital, el último de una serie de incidentes mortales que han afectado al personal sanitario y a los pacientes en todo el mundo a lo largo de este año.
Afghanistan says at least 400 people were killed in a Pakistani strike on a hospital on Monday – the latest in a deadly year for medical staff and patients worldwide.
Daily compliance of international law remains the norm. Violations do occur – sometimes brazenly – but they are exceptions.
Under the legal doctrine of ‘universal jurisdiction’, any country can prosecute allegations of war crimes, regardless of the nationality of the perpetrator or victims.
La légitime défense de la part d’un État est une notion strictement définie par le droit international… et pourtant toujours sujette à interprétation.
There are a number of criteria that must be met to claim self-defence, especially when it comes to a non-state actor like Hamas.
The risks for individuals are profound. They could be involved in a protracted conflict and potentially exposed to future prosecution for crimes.
Five Australian international law and genocide scholars examine the evidence and share their conclusions.
Dozens of people – many elderly – have been arrested in the United Kingdom after protest group Palestine Action was proscribed as a terrorist organisation.
Israel’s plan to eventually move all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp in the south of the Strip is being widely denounced as tantamount to ethnic cleansing.
This is not the first time Israel is advancing a broad interpretation of self-defence.
Los bloqueos pueden utilizarse en tiempo de guerra, pero solo si cumplen cinco condiciones legales.
Os bloqueios podem ser utilizados em tempo de guerra, mas apenas se cumprirem cinco condições legais
Blockades may be used in wartime, but only if they meet 5 legal conditions. Have Israel’s actions complied with the law?
Mercenaries are outlawed under international law. But Russia has misused the label to deny foreign fighters their protections as prisoners of war.
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