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Even War Has Rules’: A Broken Promise to Humanity
- Idil Igdir
- 24 October 2023
Humanity: A word that the world ought to have grasped the meaning of a long time ago, yet a word which is often forgotten and ignored for the sake of political and economic interests. It can therefore be difficult to maintain or, in some cases, to restore something that everyone is so prepared to kill in the first place. At the same time, giving up the one thing that makes us who we are as humans is just as difficult.
In the face of endless wars and atrocities, precisely for the above-mentioned reasons, the rules of war, jus in bello, also formally known as International Humanitarian Law (IHL), appeared on the international scene to regulate the conduct and responsibilities of parties to armed conflicts towards each other and, most importantly, towards protected persons (Maiese, 2023). To put it more succinctly, there is a clear intention to ensure a certain level of protection of humanity, minimise suffering, and
save lives during armed conflicts by obliging States at the international level to comply with the laws of war (ICRC, 2016).
Amidst the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, many crucial questions relating to IHL are being raised. These rules of war are being constantly referenced, but what do they actually mean? To what extent does IHL protect non-combatants and civilian objects in contemporary conflicts, such as in the war between Israel and Hamas?
In the face of endless wars and atrocities, precisely for the above-mentioned reasons, the rules of war, jus in bello, also formally known as International Humanitarian Law (IHL), appeared on the international scene to regulate the conduct and responsibilities of parties to armed conflicts towards each other and, most importantly, towards protected persons (Maiese, 2023). To put it more succinctly, there is a clear intention to ensure a certain level of protection of humanity, minimise suffering, and
save lives during armed conflicts by obliging States at the international level to comply with the laws of war (ICRC, 2016).
Amidst the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, many crucial questions relating to IHL are being raised. These rules of war are being constantly referenced, but what do they actually mean? To what extent does IHL protect non-combatants and civilian objects in contemporary conflicts, such as in the war between Israel and Hamas?
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Humanity: A word that the world ought to have grasped the meaning of a long time ago, yet a word which is often forgotten and ignored for the sake of political and economic interests. It can therefore be difficult to maintain or, in some cases, to restore something that everyone is so prepared to kill in the first place. At the same time, giving up the one thing that makes us who we are as humans is just as difficult.
In the face of endless wars and atrocities, precisely for the above-mentioned reasons, the rules of war, jus in bello, also formally known as International Humanitarian Law (IHL), appeared on the international scene to regulate the conduct and responsibilities of parties to armed conflicts towards each other and, most importantly, towards protected persons (Maiese, 2023). To put it more succinctly, there is a clear intention to ensure a certain level of protection of humanity, minimise suffering, and
save lives during armed conflicts by obliging States at the international level to comply with the laws of war (ICRC, 2016).
Amidst the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, many crucial questions relating to IHL are being raised. These rules of war are being constantly referenced, but what do they actually mean? To what extent does IHL protect non-combatants and civilian objects in contemporary conflicts, such as in the war between Israel and Hamas?
In the face of endless wars and atrocities, precisely for the above-mentioned reasons, the rules of war, jus in bello, also formally known as International Humanitarian Law (IHL), appeared on the international scene to regulate the conduct and responsibilities of parties to armed conflicts towards each other and, most importantly, towards protected persons (Maiese, 2023). To put it more succinctly, there is a clear intention to ensure a certain level of protection of humanity, minimise suffering, and
save lives during armed conflicts by obliging States at the international level to comply with the laws of war (ICRC, 2016).
Amidst the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, many crucial questions relating to IHL are being raised. These rules of war are being constantly referenced, but what do they actually mean? To what extent does IHL protect non-combatants and civilian objects in contemporary conflicts, such as in the war between Israel and Hamas?
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