Military escalation framed as counterterrorism risks normalizing civilian harm and eroding international standards designed to protect populations in conflict.”
Tag: Civilian Protection
“We Cannot Be Broken” Historical Memory, Starvation Tactics, and Russia’s War on Ukraine
From engineered famine to weaponized infrastructure, the continuity lies in targeting the means of civilian survival.”
IDP Camp Attack in Syria: Civilian Targeting, Escalation Risks, and the Fragility of Protection Frameworks
When displacement sites become targets, the distinction between battlefield and civilian space collapses, undermining the core protections of international humanitarian law.”
Ukraine’s Most Vulnerable: Civilian Risk, Systemic Strain, and the Expanding Humanitarian Impact of War
In modern conflict, vulnerability is not incidental—it is structured by who cannot flee, who cannot access care, and who remains exposed to sustained violence.”
Peace Between Gaza-Israel: Fragile Ceasefire, Civilian Risk, and the Structural Drivers of Recurrent Conflict
Ceasefires in Gaza reduce immediate violence, but without structural change, they function as pauses—not resolutions—in a recurring cycle of conflict.”
A Year of Taliban Rule: Repression, Economic Collapse, and Renewed Security Threats in Afghanistan
A year of Taliban rule has not marked a transition—it has marked a reversion.”
Statelessness: Legal Identity, Structural Exclusion, and the Limits of Protection
Saudi Zero-Tolerance: State Control, Legal Restrictions, and the Suppression of Dissent
In Saudi Arabia, release from detention often marks a transition to restricted freedom rather than a restoration of rights.”
Bashar al-Assad’s Syria: State Violence, Protracted Conflict, and the Limits of Resolution
What began as a domestic uprising evolved into a protracted conflict sustained by external support, fragmented opposition, and limited diplomatic leverage.”
Breakdown of Rule of Law in Myanmar: Military Coup, State Violence, and the Erosion of Democratic Institutions
The breakdown of rule of law in Myanmar reflects not only a seizure of power, but the institutionalization of violence as a tool of governance.”