Laws of war

“The law of war is that part of international law that regulates the resort to armed forces; the conduct of hostilities and the protection of war victims in both international and non-international armed conflict; belligerent occupation; and the relationships between belligerent, neutral, and non-belligerent States.” (DoD, Law of War Manual, pg. 7). Futurists Alvin and Heidi Toffler, authors of The Third Wave and War and Anti-War, claim we have entered a new era of warfare – information warfare.

"physically and psychologically removed from the horrors of battle and see the enemy not as humans but as blips on a screen, there is a danger of losing the deterrent to war that its horrors normally provide". This causes battle to be prolonged for an extremely long period of time, extending conflict, then creating new unnecessary wars that can cause more terror and damage to innocent civilians. According to Representative Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), it's "such a trend to dehumanize warfare. It's machines and

that torture prisoners of war beyond the legal limits set by international law or kill civilians are war criminals. One of the problems that concern political leaders around the world is the development of a process to capture and try a war criminal that is legally agreeable and affordable (Marvasti). Some countries refuse to participate with the International Criminal Court and tend to hide war criminals (Kramer). Furthermore, there are countries that are sympathetic to war criminals and grant them

international humanitarian law of war. The Lai Massacre and the Vietnam War raises critical questions about how America conduct war and its military leadership in Vietnam. The massacre of innocent unarmed civilians illustrates the horrendous war crime committed by American soldiers. Lippman discusses how the United States tried to keep the events of My Lai Massacre from the public. The My Lai Massacre makes me wonder if this was only one of the many massacres in Vietnam War and if the higher US officials

as “the strategy of using-or misusing-law as a substitute for traditional military means to achieve a warfighting objective.” Orde F. Kittie, author of Lawfare: Law as a Weapon of War and professor of law at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law, provides a compelling analysis of the use of lawfare in recent history, both by U.S. and foreign entities. He shows how even non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are able to effectively use law as a weapon against foreign and domestic

have fought one another at great cost and for almost as long as people have been waging war, people have been asking questions surrounding the morality of war. In ancient Greece Aristotle raised a number of ideals that he believed should be adhered to, he believed that war needed to be regulated by a universal community under natural law. He also criticised the desire to conquer as a valid means of going to war. His views where based on the stoic tenants of virtue and reason. Aristotle’s teaching

their arrival, the English met the Powhatan, and the two built a healthy liaison. However, the relationship between the Powhatan and the English colonists fluctuated as time progressed, from cordial, to an uneasy peace, and inevitable violence and war. When the colonists first established Jamestown, they met the Powhatan

1. Scholars in criminology and criminal justice have suggested the following: “Any criminology worthy of its name should contain a comparative dimension. The contents of cultural meaning that are loaded into a subject are too variable for it to be otherwise.” Explain this statement. Use examples in the explanation. Criminology and criminal justice are multidimensional studies that require numerous perspectives in order to create well-rounded findings. Crime is largely intertwined with culture. In

Efficiency in war comes with immunity, “Ideas about killing from ever greater distance, with ever increasing force and with ever more protection for those involved are as old as warfare itself (Shane Riza. Two-Dimensional).” Modern day remote drones are able to neutralize

Introduction International law regulates the relationship between nation states in the world. Violation of international law makes the whole world hazardous as the violation of national law throws a nation into social anomalies. Drones are the weapon of 21st century, the century which is marked by the development of technology. It is thought-provoking and horrifying that the international law is being questioned by the drones attack throughout the world. It is said that the target of these Unnamed