General Article Armed conflict

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In conflicts across the globe, governments and armed groups routinely attack civilians and commit war crimes and terrible abuses of human rights.

And yet, even in war there are rules that all sides are legally bound to obey. International humanitarian law (IHL), also known as the laws of armed c...

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