Israel’s “right to defend itself” is invoked constantly by its supporters, but international law says Israel cannot simultaneously occupy Palestinian land and attack it as a “foreign” threat, or treat those resisting as enemy combatants.
Israel does not have a right to self-defense for its occupation
Tag: Self-defence in international law
Evidence mounts for use of banned mines by Ukrainian forces, rights group says
Ukrainian forces appear to have used rockets to scatter stacks of internationally banned, hand-size antipersonnel land mines over Russian-occupied areas in eastern Ukraine, according to evidence collected by Human Rights Watch.
Evidence mounts for use of banned mines by Ukrainian forces, rights group says
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Why Does Humanity Still Tolerate the Tragedy of Wars in the 21st Century? The Big Picture
Since the end of the Second World War (1939-1945), there have been many civil wars and several important regional military conflicts between two or more countries, but none has evolved into a general world war involving all the most heavily armed countries. The most serious regional wars were the Korean War (1950-1953), the Vietnam War (1955-1975), the Iraq War (2003-2011), the Syria War (2011- ), and the Ukraine War (2022- ).
Why Does Humanity Still Tolerate the Tragedy of Wars in the 21st Century? The Big Picture
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