Sentences with phrase «[law of armed conflict»

Switzerland is home to a largely citizen - sourced militia that supports the stance of «armed neutrality» — the country has stayed neutral and out of armed conflict since 1815.

«And then we have a legal review that says that engaging this target comports with the laws of armed conflict and that engaging in these circumstances is permissible according to those laws, and once we've established all of those things we go to the government of Iraq and ask them for permission to strike that building, and they'll say yes or no, and they do say both, depending on the structure.

The International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland, appears to be acting as a go - between for Bergdahl and his family, part of its mission is to protect victims of armed conflict and other violent situations and provide them with assistance.

Decades of armed conflict continue to undermine veterinary services in South Sudan.

Hence in social terms the disorderly turmoil of individuals pursuing conflicting and egotistical aims; and, on the national scale, the chaos of armed conflict in which, for want of a better object, the excess of accumulated energy is destructively released... «Idleness, mother of all vices.»

In seeking to explain the commencement of armed conflicts among nations, writings from our century are far more likely to emphasize «environmental» causes, such as, of course, economics, than the freewill decisions of various leaders or the power of ideas.

Granted that present circumstances are different from those of World War I and the following decade, ministry today is also practiced in a time characterized by great unrest, by the specter of armed conflict, and by the tremendous problems of the poor, the aging, the emotionally disturbed.

Even in the expression of such patriotic sentiments, one may discern hints of Morrison's later repudiation of armed conflict and his firsthand involvement in the Kellogg - Briand Peace Pact of 1928 — a treaty designed to outlaw war.

Gunpowder forever changed the nature of armed conflict and introduced an era of savage warfare that is with us still.

Israels problems are internal, not external, and none of the armed conflicts in the region are targetting them now that the Iran issue has been defused for the forseeable future.

Dr Ruben Reike is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the European University Institute, where he is part of the ERC - funded project: «The Individualisation of War: Reconfiguring the Morality, Law, and Politics of Armed Conflict».

In case of armed conflicts not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, each party to the conflict shall be bound to apply the prohibitions and restrictions of this Protocol.

At some points they had denied the existence of an armed conflict altogether.

Consequently, the two tend to be evaluated independent of one another, such that, as Professor Karma Nabulsi has noted «it is possible to break all the rules while fighting a just war or to be engaged in an unjust war while adhering to the laws of armed conflict.»

We know from previous research that the nature of the outcome of an armed conflict has implications for the durability of peace.

When the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions made inquiries into drone attacks in 2002, and again in 2005, the U.S. responded by claiming that such incidents do not fall within the jurisdiction of the rapporteur, given that the applicable law is the international law of armed conflict.

Speaking during the programme, the Executive Secretary of NHRC Mr. Tony Ojukwu said, the training programme was aimed at broadening and equipping the security personnel who were directly involved in the ongoing counter insurgency and counter terrorism operations in the North East with the fundamental principles of Human Rights as well as Rules of Engagement in line with the acceptable local and international laws and principles of arms conflicts.

In the spirit of the fundamental legal precept of pacta sunt servanda, the principles of the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) are binding upon parties to it and must be performed in good faith.

As long as tensions do not escalate, there should be no risk of armed conflict.

On June 23, the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army (FARC) signed a bilateral ceasefire agreement, after more than five decades of armed conflict.

Winning the war on war: The decline of armed conflict worldwide.

Recent events in eastern Ukraine, Palestine, and Syria should remind us that there is such a thing as the International Law of Armed Conflict or the International Humanitarian Law, which aims to limit the effects of conflict and protect civilians against the abhorrent nature and terrors of war.

The groundbreaking news reached me when I was in Bogotá in a meeting with the head of the Colombian Army: after more than 50 years of armed conflict, and four years of negotiations, the Colombian government and the leftist guerrilla group, the FARC, have reached a final peace agreement.

«The Nigerian Army through this action want to assure the nation and international community that we shall not condone cases of violation of laws of armed conflict in the discharge of our constitutional responsibilities.»

«This was the first study to detect the recent TB outbreak in Zimbabwe, and the first anywhere to suggest an association between rising TB incidence and national economic decline in the absence of armed conflict,» said Michael Silverman, assistant professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and senior author of the study.

This article is part of this week's Science special issue on human conflict, which traces the trajectory of violence and war throughout history, exploring racism, ethnic conflicts, the rise of terrorism, and the possible future of armed conflicts.

«From a legal perspective, it's wonderful to have an international tribunal recognize that environmental damage is a significant component of armed conflict,» says Carl Bruch of the Environmental Law Institute in Washington, D.C.

Over the past 15 years of armed conflict and social upheaval in Colombia, production of illicit narcotics crops has skyrocketed.

Although droughts can lead to violence, such as in urban areas; this was found not to be the case for rural areas, where the majority of armed conflicts occurred where food crops were abundant.

«During the past three years of armed conflict, Yemenis have been continuously exposed to serious harm and trauma, including air strikes, threats and attacks from armed groups, forced disappearances, torture, a cholera epidemic, and food and job insecurity,» said Farea Al - Muslimi, a prominent Yemeni scholar and chairman of the Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies.

While dangerous pathogens will not mobilise armies nor annex land, they can, if unchecked, inflict human costs rivalling those of armed conflict.

AAAS released its analysis on the eve of a Smithsonian Institution meeting recognizing the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.

The wildlife populations of this spectacular landscape have been subject to heavy poaching during various periods over the past decades, and conservation efforts in the area, carried out thanks to longstanding EU financial support through PDRN, ECOFAC and ECOFAUNE projects, have been negatively impacted by the past three years of armed conflict.

But despite the tension surrounding the matter, exacerbated by the recent release of a Kremlin document suggesting the possibility of armed conflict within a decade, there is growing evidence that any disputes will be worked out through cooperation and not confrontation.

The massive destruction of cultural heritage during the Second World War prompted the adoption of the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict in 1954 at The Hague in the Netherlands.

But researchers like Marshall Burke and Solomon Hsiang have managed to quantify some of the non-obvious relationships between temperature and violence: For every half - degree of warming, they say, societies will see between a 10 and 20 percent increase in the likelihood of armed conflict.

But polio doesn't balk in the face of armed conflict.

Space and military law experts from Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have joined forces to take the lead on understanding how our Earth - bound laws will be applied in times of armed conflict in outer space.

I forget... well anyway, the story in COD9: BO2 is great / confusing / offensive to almost everyone involved in any form of armed conflict during the 60s.

Sexual Violence in Conflict: Report of the Secretary - General, at UN's General Assembly 67 Session Agenda Item 33 Prevention of Armed Conflict, New York, March 14, 2013, Vol A / 67/792 S / 2013/149, p. 12

Higher levels of primary and secondary education reduce the likelihood of armed conflict.

How people in times of armed conflict can think about the environment?

This poster was produced by the Provisional Irish Republican Army during the period of armed conflict in Northern Ireland popularly known as «The Troubles».

The International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial Work and Counselling in Areas of Armed Conflict, 1 (1, January), 48 — 63.

Noting the serious impact of armed conflict on children, who are at particular risk of abuse, exploitation, violence, and discrimination,

This tree represents the aims of our work on education in settings of armed conflict globally.

Half of out - of - school children globally live in settings of armed conflict, and learning outcomes in these contexts are among the worst in the world.

Global Partnership For The Prevention of Armed Conflict.

Médecins Sans Frontières provides assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man - made disasters and to victims of armed conflict.

Having pushed the boundaries of armed conflict into outer space, the latest Call of Duty is a return to all the stuff that has made the FPS series such a blockbuster success.