The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran (IIFFM), created by the Human Rights Council, has released a new report. It’s a depressing read, painstaking…

This post forms part of phase two of the Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to Prevent Harm and Need in Conflict, hosted by the Armed Groups and International Law blog. The introductory post can be f…

This essay introduces the key ideas and challenges involved in examining SGBV and starvation, and introduces the nine essays in the series.

In Gambia v. Myanmar, patterns of conduct remain one, but only one, vital source of evidence for inferring genocidal intent.

This report explores applying strict liability for abnormally dangerous activities to spyware abuses in California and the UK.

In this episode, Dapo Akande, Marko Milanovic and Philippa Webb are joined by Tom Dannenbaum to discuss two sets of issues. First, the legality of the use of force by Israel and the United States agai...

As Gaza faces one of the most severe

The Trump administration has put a 90-day hold on most U.S. foreign aid, with devastating effects on the system built over decades for preventing famine. The result may be more and deadlier famines, w...

In this episode of the In and Around War(s) podcast, Yousuf Syed Khan, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, joins Academy Research Fellows Eugénie Duss and Francesco Romani to discuss th

The UN says at least 80 community kitchens may run out of stock, and remaining food rations will soon run dry.

The Trump administration's freeze of foreign funding has begun impacting an international effort to hold Russia responsible for alleged war crimes in Ukraine, according to eight sources and a Ukrainian document seen by Reuters, halting dozens of jobs and tens of millions of dollars in aid.

Some 80% of the Old City of Mosul, in northern Iraq, was destroyed under the Islamic State group.

Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that sca...

Without Fews Net, recognised as ‘a vital life-saving tool’ for preventing food crises, people will die, experts warn

Experts say the various ways of punishing Assad include the ICC following the Bangladesh-Myanmar model or cases in national courts under universal jurisdiction - Anadolu Ajansı