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In eastern Bosnia, these atrocities were war crimes that breached the Geneva Conventions and other international laws governing conflicts between nations. They were also breaches of international humanitarian law, as formulated at Nuremberg and elsewhere. When these tactics were employed by Bosnian Serb forces as part of the

human beings. The adoption of Geneva Conventions in 1949 was seen as a significant break though in this regard and it was hoped that human sufferings resulting from armed conflicts will be minimized to a considerable extent if not eliminated completely. Even after the passage of about eight decades of the adoption of Geneva Conventions, this dream is still far from realization. During all these years we saw different nations interpreting and using the rules of Geneva Conventions in different ways

Name: Jana eid ID: 20150810 Instructor: Alexandra Adams Research paper (IHL) Subject: Lebanon war of 2006 July 2006 an unforgettable date for all the Lebanese and Israeli citizens, 12 July was the beginning of the visible war between these two parties and which was semi-finished in 14 august or in other words after a month from its beginning.one of the main reasons behind letting the volcano between these two parties to explode is the reply of Hezbollah by firing rockets at Israeli borders

armed conflicts in a series of treaties including the Hague Declaration. The prohibited chemical weapons include Azphyxiating Gases, Chlorine and Phosphorus etc. There another international treaties relating prohibition of chemical weapons are the Geneva Gas Protocol, The Chemical Weapons Convention and the Statute of the International Criminal Court. Siege of civilian areas and denial of humanitarian

cyber weapons seem to seem to fall into categories of weapons not yet created or restricted, challenging the long established international humanitarian laws. (Allenby) Technology changes more rapidly than we might expect. In the 65 years since the Geneva Conventions was written, military technologies have changed drastically. Technologies of today’s battlefields might be able to slip though loopholes in the international humanitarian laws, making them and their users safe from prosecution of war crimes

Cranmer 13 Cyber Space- The new frontier of International Law The rise and global expansion of the Internet has become a powerful technological advancement. The number of individuals around the world using the Internet has skyrocketed since its inception. The world has become more interconnected and mutually dependent than ever. This new interconnected cyber world has also created a new frontier for States to blaze and occupy. Specifically, State militaries have come to rely on new technologies

I. Introduction International jurisprudence regarding the “use of force ” in matters pertaining to cyber-terrorism and the exercise of permissible of counter-cyber terrorism measures remains predominately unsettled “as… current international law does not specifically address cyber warfare. ” With respect, this legal brief draws upon the arguments put forth by Schmitt for the purpose of arguing that states shall only engage in counter cyber terrorism measures such as surveillance in accordance with

International Law on Sexual Violence in Congo Roody Mossimi Dr. Bruce Stanley Politics of International Law INR 6210 15th December 2015 Richmond the American international University in London This essay will discuss about the problems within international law which revolves around sexual violence and using the Democratic Republic of Congo as a case study. In addition, the essay will explain about who is accountable, how to obtain witnesses and provide recommendations

deal with human rights violations. This cooperation led to the acceptance of Resolution 1674 in April of 2006, which calls all parties that are engaged in armed conflict to follow The Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 and Protocols I and II from the Geneva Conventions. In adopting this resolution the UN Security Council wanted to focus on the protection of civilians during armed conflict and they stated that, “Appropriate steps would be adopted if the deliberate targeting of civilians and protected

extremely illegal to date. The first world law was the Geneva Protocol.This law “prohibits the use of "asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases, and of all analogous liquids, materials or devices" and "bacteriological methods of warfare". It was named the “Geneva” Protocol because it was written into place in Geneva, Switzerland on June 17th 1925. But problems arose as it did not ban production and storage of the weapons. Since the Geneva Protocol only banned use of these weapons, and the weapons