Current challenges in international humanitarian law


The nature of armed conflicts is constantly changing and keeps posing challenges for the application of international humanitarian law. It is important that we discuss and understand these challenges in order to ensure that international humanitarian law is consistently applied in situations of armed conflict.

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Research, reports and studies
PHAP’s speaker network on humanitarian law and policy includes some of the most prominent and engaged thinkers and doers in this area, including academics, policy experts, and humanitarian practitioners. Some of them were asked to offer their views on what would be the most important issues and developments in humanitarian law and policy in 2014.