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The Cyprus-Gaza maritime aid corridor was a harmful publicity stunt
4 days, 18 hours ago

The Cyprus-Gaza maritime aid corridor was a harmful publicity stunt

Al Jazeera  

The aid initiative did not help Palestinians and actively undermined the very concept of humanitarianism. Since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attacks on southern Israel and the beginning of the latest Israeli military offensive on Gaza, the calls for unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians in the besieged strip have remained tragically unanswered. This was neither the first nor …

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Best electric water heater rod: Efficient and fast heating for instant hot water, top 10 picks
1 month, 1 week ago

Best electric water heater rod: Efficient and fast heating for instant hot water, top 10 picks

Live Mint  

Finding the best electric water heater rod is essential for those seeking quick, reliable, and energy-efficient heating solutions, especially during cold months. Specifications of Bajaj Immersion 1500 Watts Water Heater Rod Power: 1500 Watts Material: Copper with nickel plating Voltage: 230-250 V, 50-60 Hz Warranty: 2 years Dimensions: 40 cm length Heating element: Hairpin tubular design Reasons to Buy Reasons …

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Humanity calls for respecting Geneva Conventions
4 months, 1 week ago

Humanity calls for respecting Geneva Conventions

China Daily  

This handout picture released by the Jordanian Army on Feb 29, 2024 shows humanitarian aid being dropped from a military aircraft over northern Gaza. The four Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols are the backbone of modern IHL. International humanitarian law, as a comprehensive body of law that encompasses many international treaties including the four Geneva Conventions and comprises customary …

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Manish Tewari | Targeted assassinations: Can they be legitimised?
4 months, 1 week ago

Manish Tewari | Targeted assassinations: Can they be legitimised?

Deccan Chronicle  

The recent assassination of the political chief of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, ostensibly at a guest house in Tehran has once again reignited debates among scholars of public international law, humanitarian law and a host of other interconnected legal disciplines around the legality of targeted assassinations under international law. Under very exceptional circumstances even if domestically sanctioned by any legal framework …

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Israel has committed war crimes including 'extermination' in Gaza
6 months, 1 week ago

Israel has committed war crimes including 'extermination' in Gaza

Daily Mail  

A UN investigation concluded on Wednesday that Israel has committed crimes against humanity during the war in Gaza, including that of 'extermination', while saying Israeli and Palestinian armed groups have both committed war crimes. The commission found that in that attack, members of the military wings of Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups and Palestinian civilians committed war crimes, as …

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NSM-20: ‘Inconsistencies’ plague US assessment on Israel’s Gaza war conduct
7 months, 1 week ago

NSM-20: ‘Inconsistencies’ plague US assessment on Israel’s Gaza war conduct

Al Jazeera  

Advocates say Biden administration is ‘bending over backwards’ to avoid saying whether Israel is violating laws of war. However, the same report said that Israel’s assurances that it is not using US arms to commit abuses are “credible and reliable” — and that the US can therefore continue to provide those weapons. “Given Israel’s significant reliance on US-made defense articles, …

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Uncertainty over Israel’s compliance with international law ‘a challenge for UK’
7 months, 1 week ago

Uncertainty over Israel’s compliance with international law ‘a challenge for UK’

The Telegraph  

Uncertainty over Israel’s compliance with international law poses a “challenge” for the UK, the Middle East minister has said, as Britain comes under increasing pressure to ban arms exports to the country. Lord Ahmad, who has ministerial responsibility for the region, said Israel was leaving “many of its partners”, including the UK, “pretty challenged on where we are currently on …

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Under A Market Logic, Even Pathogens Have Proud Owners
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Under A Market Logic, Even Pathogens Have Proud Owners

Live Law  

Exactly after four years of the Covid-19 hit the globe, WHO is ready with a draft negotiating text of the Pandemic Agreement with 'prevention, preparedness and response' as its purpose. The draft defines 'pathogen with pandemic potential' as “any pathogen that has been identified to infect a human and that is: novel or known, potentially highly transmissible and /or highly …

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Hamas to halal: How anti-Muslim hate speech is spreading in India
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Hamas to halal: How anti-Muslim hate speech is spreading in India

Al Jazeera  

Ahead of national elections, a new report tracks how hate speech events map geographically across India, those behind them, and the conspiracy theories used to stoke anti-Muslim hate. New Delhi, India – India averaged nearly two anti-Muslim hate speech events per day in 2023 and three in every four of those events – or 75 percent – took place in …

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Does Israel have the right to self-defence in Gaza?
1 year, 1 month ago

Does Israel have the right to self-defence in Gaza?

Al Jazeera  

Many experts believe Israel’s case is weak because Gaza has in effect been under Israeli control. Israel has stormed Gaza’s largest hospital and bombed residential areas and refugee camps in attacks the United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk says have unleashed a “nightmarish” situation in the besieged Palestinian enclave. According to Article 51 of the UN Charter, until the …

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Israel, Hamas, and the laws of war | Explained
1 year, 2 months ago

Israel, Hamas, and the laws of war | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: On October 7, Hamas, a Palestine-based terrorist group, launched an attack on Israel, killing hundreds of civilians and taking many hostage. The ‘how’ of using force or the law of war is known as international humanitarian law, which provides the rules that must be followed during an armed conflict. As was held by the International Criminal …

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What the Adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2664 Means for Humanitarians - News18
1 year, 11 months ago

What the Adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2664 Means for Humanitarians - News18

News 18  

The recent Resolution 2664 adopted by the United Nations Security Council on 9 December 2022, under chapter VII of the United Nations Charter that creates mandatory obligations upon the states to abide by the resolutions — unlike any other general resolutions — seeking to minimise and mitigate the problems of humanitarian actors and donors to respond more quickly and effectively, …

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It is time to rethink how we deliver aid to Syria
2 years ago

It is time to rethink how we deliver aid to Syria

Al Jazeera  

A crucial UN Security Council resolution authorising cross-border aid deliveries to Syria without the approval of the Syrian government is due to expire in January. First, it should be recognised that Russia’s approval is not needed to deliver cross-border aid to Syria under International Humanitarian Law. However, as a recent report commissioned by the American Relief Coalition for Syria compellingly …

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RGNUL: Certificate Course On International Humanitarian Law
2 years, 3 months ago

RGNUL: Certificate Course On International Humanitarian Law

Live Law  

About the Course CASH is organizing a certificate course on International Humanitarian law, in collaboration with the Internal Quality Assurance Cell, RGNUL with an aim of encouraging students from various fields and with an aim of encouraging students from various fields and academicians with the relevance of International Humanitarian Law. The Objective of the course of international humanitarian law is …

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Drone autonomy and international law
2 years, 3 months ago

Drone autonomy and international law

Hindustan Times  

The dominance of Azerbaijani Unmanned Aerial Vehicles over Armenian air defence systems was critical to the former’s decisive upper hand in the Nagorno-Karabakh border conflict in 2020. The Azerbaijan army had used Israeli manufactured Harop drones, which is a loitering munition drone, which essentially identifies air defence systems and launches itself into them to destroy it, earning it the nickname …

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Leadership change approved at Delta State University
2 years, 6 months ago

Leadership change approved at Delta State University

Associated Press  

JACKSON, Miss — William LaForge, who has served as the president of Delta State University since 2013, will depart at the end of June. “The very basic explanation I was provided was that the IHL Board thinks a leadership change is warranted because the comparative state of the university from the time when I began my service in 2013 until …

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The Online War Between Ukraine And Russia
2 years, 8 months ago

The Online War Between Ukraine And Russia

Live Law  

Cyber weapons are a low cost but an effective tool for modern day operations. Additionally, ICRC, in its Position Paper titled 'IHL and Cyber Operations during Armed Conflicts' from 2019, states that IHL applies and thereby limits cyber warfare, just like it regulates any other weapon using the major principles and means of conducting warfare: Jus ad Bellum – the …

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Is Russia committing war crimes by bombing hospitals in Ukraine?
2 years, 9 months ago

Is Russia committing war crimes by bombing hospitals in Ukraine?

Al Jazeera  

And what happens when the principle of medical neutrality is abandoned during times of conflict? In times of war, to maintain some humanity in armed conflict, certain rules and agreements have been made that mean targeting civilians and civilian buildings – including healthcare facilities – constitute a war crime. According to Amnesty International, by carrying out indiscriminate attacks on civilian …

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