Even states that tend to flout major parts of international law depend on its basic principles. The whole notion of being a ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is generally agreed to be the foundation of international human rights law. Adopted in 1948, the UDHR has inspired a rich body of legally binding ...

Bertrand Ramcharan is Visiting Professor of International Law at Lund University, Sweden. He has held various positions at the United Nations, including Acting United Nations High Commissioner for ...

As a basic principle of the international law of armed conflict—as well as basic humanity—attacks against civilian sites are prohibited, unless, for example, those civilian sites are used for military ...