International Humanitarian Law
All articles in International Humanitarian Law
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Fixing Our Broken International System of Justice
Citizens for Global Solutions · July 2024
South Africa challenges Israel’s Gaza treatment. The World Court’s limited jurisdiction hampers global justice.
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Israel, Russia, and International Law
Citizens for Global Solutions · June 2024
Vetoes, courts many nations refuse to recognise and a criminal court the largest powers avoid leave rules unenforced, which is how Israel and Russia defy them. Limiting the veto and strengthening the courts could end that impunity.
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Reflections on the 125th Anniversary of the First Hague Peace Conference
June 2024
Courts that grew from the 1899 conference work better than critics claim: small states win at the World Court and most rulings are obeyed. International law must now grow beyond states to meet threats such as climate change.
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Why I support the World Federalist Movement – Canada
World Federalist Movement – Canada · February 2024
Working with other groups, Canadian world federalists helped win the landmines treaty, the International Criminal Court and the law of the sea, and now push for a UN Parliamentary Assembly. A national board member explains why that record deserves support.
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Impunity and Models of Global Order: A Baha’i Perspective
World Federalist Movement · December 2023
The Baha’i Faith envisions a federal world governance system as a path to global peace. The article links this vision to Pinker’s thesis on declining violence and critiques current trends in conflict and impunity.
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Time to Abandon International Anarchy
Citizens for Global Solutions · October 2023
The Arab-Israeli Conflict and Russia-Ukraine War illustrate persistent violations of international law. The article critiques ongoing failures to enforce global governance norms.
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Cluster Munitions and the Ukraine Conflict: Weighing Humanitarian Implications
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2023
Weapons that scatter unexploded ordnance endanger civilians long after fighting stops, which is why the US decision to supply them to Ukraine has raised hard questions for allies bound by the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
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Refugee
World Federalist Movement · June 2023
The article examines the refugee crisis through the lens of global governance. It highlights the complexities of refugee definitions and the challenges faced by displaced populations.
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Benjamin Ferencz & Norman Cousins: The Original Influencers For Global Justice
Citizens for Global Solutions · April 2023
Benjamin Ferencz and Norman Cousins fought for Ravensbrück survivors’ compensation. Their work highlights world federalism and international humanitarian law.
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War and Peace: whose freedom?
World Federalist Movement · January 2023
Wars now target civilians as much as soldiers, so peace needs a fuller definition. Measured by Roosevelt’s four freedoms, it is a state in which people can enjoy their rights, above all freedom from aggression by another state.
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The Ukraine War And International Law
Citizens for Global Solutions · January 2023
Russia broke the UN Charter, the Budapest Memorandum and its treaty with Ukraine, and the General Assembly and International Court condemned it, yet Russia ignored them. International law has clear rules but no enforcement, so only a stronger UN and court system can make it bite.
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International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
World Federalist Movement · November 2022
Conflicts fought over natural resources are twice as likely to flare up again, and war has always ruined land and water. Condemnation is not enough: states need an international environmental court, and ecocide belongs among the crimes the ICC can try.
