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Dr. Cüneyt Gürer is Professor of Transnational Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Identifying how the DoD's Law of War Manual could be improved in its methodological approach to sources of international law.

The atrocities against Palestinians in a ruthlessly devastated Gaza — with over 21,000 mostly civilian deaths in retaliation to the killings of 1,200 inside Israel —have resurrected a longstanding

NEW YORK, Jan 05 (IPS) - Nearly nine months of war have tipped Sudan into a downward spiral that only grows more ruinous by the day. As the conflict spreads, human suffering is deepening, humanitarian access is shrinking, and hope is dwindling. This cannot continue.

WASHINGTON DC, Jan 03 (IPS) - In its military campaign in Gaza, Israel faces a seemingly endless list of alleged human rights violations. International monitors argue the Israel Defense Forces have starved Gazans, targeted journalists attempting to cover the carnage, tortured detainees, and attacked hospitals full of wounded civilians.

TORONTO, Canada, Dec 22 (IPS) - The year 2023 has brought so much tragedy, with incomprehensible loss of lives, whether from wars or devastating ‘natural’ disasters, while our planet has seen yet more records broken as our climate catastrophe worsens.

The year 2023 has brought so much tragedy, with incomprehensible loss of lives, whether from wars or devastating ‘natural’ disasters, while our planet has seen yet more records broken as our clima

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 18 (IPS) - Funding humanitarian programs will continue into the new year, but the funding cuts of the previous year may impact the prioritization of the most immediate and most life-threatening needs.

The Prosecutor General's Office has been investigating information received from former Russian soldier Ihor Salikov, who expressed his desire to testify in the International Criminal Court (ICC) about Russia's war crimes in Ukraine.

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 18 (IPS) - The unrestrained destruction of Gaza and the disproportionate killings of over 17,000, mostly civilians – in retaliation for 1,200 killings by Hamas and 120 hostages in captivity – have left the Palestinians in a state of deep isolation and weighed down by a feeling of being deserted by the world at large.