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The Uganda Christian University International Humanitarian Law Blog (IHLB) provides commentary, exposition and analysis on current developments and new research in International Humanitarian Law around the globe, contributed by students, practitioners, policymakers and academics.

The Uganda Christian University IHLB was started as a collaboration of the Uganda Christian University Faculty of Law with the International Partners.  The IHLB Editorial Team and Uganda Christian University Faculty of Law reserves the right to moderate the Group’s discussions and remove any inappropriate content.

The mission of this blog is to create a platform for discussion on issues arising out of or related to armed conflicts.

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November 19, 2025By

The Impact of Technology on Warfare: Examining the Legality of Drones and Autonomous Weapons Under International Humanitarian Law.

By Samora Ashaba In older wars, large armies needed large open fields or oceans to meet and fight, and these were the frontline spaces.[1]In our current world today technological advancements have spurred a wave of new phenomena impacting International Humanitarian Law (IHL), most notably the emergence of autonomous weapons systems. The Ukrainian military is using...
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November 19, 2025By, , , ,

Lawless Warfare? Examining the Conduct of the Parties in the Israel-Hamas Conflict Through International Humanitarian Law

The ongoing armed conflict between Israel and Hamas-led Palestine militant groups has been taking place in the Gaza strip and Israel since 7th October 2023 when Hamas launched its deadly attack on Israel, prompting the Israel defense forces to engage in aerial campaigns and later resulting in civilian casualties and infrastructure destruction
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March 24, 2025By

Sexual and gender-violence against women in the Sudanese conflict                                            

Courtesy Photo By Author    Although the conflicts of recent decades have been marked by violence, it should be noted that these conflicts have existed since the earliest civilisations[1]. The atrocities that accompany armed conflicts are oftentimes disastrous for civilians not taking part in the hostilities. Violations of the rights of women and girls in...
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November 10, 2024By

Classification of the Armed Conflict Between the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front

By Gwasira Jasper** Abstract From November 2020 to around April 2023, Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) were involved in violent clashes/conflict. At the beginning of the conflict, the TPLF was the regional government of a province in Ethiopia called, Tigray. The TPLF as the regional government had its own regional forces (regional...
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November 10, 2024By,

Allegations of the Commission of War Crimes and Crime Against Humanity in Tigray, Ethiopia

By Gwasira Jasper** Abstract From the 4th of  November 2020 until April 2023, Ethiopian and Eritrean troops, the Amhara Regional Police Special Force (Amhara Police) and Fano militia, were  involved in a non-international armed conflict (NIAC) with the Tigrayan Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF). The parties to this conflict have been accused of committing various forms...
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January 11, 2024By, ,

Allegations of the Commission of War Crimes and Crime Against Humanity in Tigray, Ethiopia (Section B)

By Gwasira Jasper (See end of article for profile) Image borrowed from https://www.arabnews.com/node/1820141/world, Photo by TOPSHOT – Women mourn the victims of a massacre allegedly perpetrated by Eritrean Soldiers in the village of Dengolat, North of Mekele, the capital of Tigray on February 26, 2021/ AFP / EDUARDO SOTERAS This is a continuation of the...
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November 24, 2023By, ,

Allegations of the Commission of War Crimes and Crime Against Humanity in Tigray, Ethiopia (Section A)

By: Gwasira Jasper (see end of article for author’s biography) Abstract From the 4th of  November 2020 until April 2023, Ethiopian and Eritrean troops, the Amhara Regional Police Special Force (Amhara Police) and Fano militia, were  involved in a non-international armed conflict (NIAC) with the Tigrayan Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF). The parties to this conflict...
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May 5, 2023By

EVENING THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS: AN IHL CASE FOR COMPLETE DISARMAMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

By Jemimah Jehopio Hiroshima and Nagasaki need no introduction – there is an almost immediate and synonymous association of these cities with the use and catastrophic effects of nuclear weapons. This association is not misplaced as these cities remain the first and last to experience the use of nuclear weapons in a war.[1] Notwithstanding the...
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March 17, 2023By, ,

THE USE OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS IN WARFARE

By Joan Amito “Biological warfare was potentially a most frightening method of armed conflict”[1]. The world has an obligation to determine the impact of the use of weapons of mass destruction on the future of warfare. Biological weapons, when produced and deliberately released to the environment, are characterised by their ability to disseminate disease-causing organisms...
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March 3, 2023By

Protection of Children in an Armed Conflict

By Munezero Grace According to the Convention on the Rights of the child 1989, Article 1[1] defines a child to mean every human being below the age of eighteen years, under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier. It is unequivocal that children are part of the vulnerable group during an armed...
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