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Laws of War

IHL Program

Why do wars have laws? Where did they come from and what do they mean for today’s armed conflicts? How do these laws affect humanitarian agencies, armed forces, prisoners and non-combatants?...

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Listen to Laws of War, a Government & Organizations podcast by IHL Program. Stream 8 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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8 episodes are available for this podcast.

Episodes

8 episodes

Emerging weapons and IHL

Advances in science and technology have resulted in a rapid proliferation of new weapon systems, in particular cyber weapons and armed unman...

21:43Aug 21, 2017

Truth of War

Former war correspondent for Time and CNN, Michael Ware, has survived kidnappings and an intended execution in a back street of Baghdad. Mic...

31:31Dec 21, 2015

Pen and Sword: Journalism and IHL

Journalists witness and recount the horrific consequences of armed conflict, and are also among the most at risk of being wounded, kidnapped...

31:41Oct 12, 2015

The Most Indiscriminate Weapon of All

Why is Australian Red Cross – a neutral and impartial organisation – calling on the world’s governments to ban nuclear weapons? CEO Robert T...

23:15Aug 4, 2015

Turning Point or Breaking Point?

The founding director of the Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, Dr Modirzadeh outlines how the law and its...

38:58Oct 14, 2014

A Centenary of War and Peace

Tim McCormack is a leading international authority on international humanitarian law (IHL) and the prosecution of war crimes. He retraces th...

01:15:40Aug 14, 2014