Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Is targeting UN peacekeepers in Lebanon a war crime? Here’s what international law says

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Giacomo Biggio, Lecturer in Law, University of Bristol Law School, University of Bristol

Recent incidents involving the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (Unifil) have raised an important question. Can Israel lawfully target UN peacekeepers and premises in Lebanon, or would that constitute a war crime? To answer that question, it’s worth looking at the rules of International Humanitarian Law and how they relate to these apparent attacks by the IDF.

First though,…

Lire l'article complet