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By Amb. Alan Baker web posted June 7, 2021 The Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket attacks during the May 2021 hostilities, in which the two terror groups proudly boasted of firing over 4,300 rockets and other missiles against Israel’s towns and other civilian centers, generated an outpouring of international consternation and condemnation. Israel’s defensive “Iron Dome” anti-missile defense system succeeded in intercepting over 90% of the incoming missiles. Had those rockets reached their civilian targets in towns throughout Israel, one can only imagine the number of f...

"International humanitarian law should not be construed, or interpreted, as legitimizing the resort to conflict." Format Ambassador Lauber, excellencies, We would like to commend you, Chair, for presenting the draft report and for your leadership on these rich and complex discussions. Thank you for giving us the possibility to provide further background on the ICRC's proposal of a new paragraph in the final report. We have submitted this proposal in writing with the intent to support the work of the OEWG and to hopefully contribute to a strong consensus report. The ICRC we would like to invit...

"International humanitarian law should not be construed, or interpreted, as legitimizing the resort to conflict." Open-ended working group on developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security. Third Formal Meeting. Statement 10 March 2021 Ambassador Lauber, excellencies, We would like to commend you, Chair, for presenting the draft report and for your leadership on these rich and complex discussions. Thank you for giving us the possibility to provide further background on the ICRC's proposal of a new paragraph in the final report. We hav...

Article 25 February 2021 You don't need to be a cybersecurity expert to see that in today's highly interconnected and digitally dependent societies, anything with an Internet interface is vulnerable to cyber threats from anywhere in the world.  We're asking an ICRC expert on cyber warfare and international humanitarian law, Tilman Rodenhäuser, to unpack for us what is at stake in the current peak in intergovernmental discussions on existing and potential threats in cyberspace, how applying international humanitarian law – also referred to as the laws of war or law of armed conflict - to ...

Thursday, 21 January, 2021 - 11:00 JIAT spokesperson Mansour Al-Mansour, Asharq Al-Awsat Riyadh - Abdulhadi Habtor The Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) in Yemen announced on Wednesday the results of investigations of allegations made against some military operations led by the Arab Coalition in the war-torn country. JIAT spokesperson Mansour Al-Mansour, on the sidelines of a presser, refuted a number of claims raised by global bodies and international organizations on errors allegedly committed by coalition forces backin...