It is generally agreed that in wartime, a country’s military commanders are lawful targets. It is also generally agreed that ...

Members of Congress have said they will investigate whether the US military broke the law by allegedly killing two survivors of a strike on a suspected drug trafficking vessel in the Caribbean. The ...

International courts have never been busier. Conflicts are more common than at any point since 1945. Ever more civilians are being bombed, starved and raped by men with guns. These are the curses that ...

The Constitution gives Congress authority to declare war, but presidents wield commander-in-chief powers that have expanded ...

Civilian officials with no military functions, like a health minister, are not lawful targets unless they are directly ...