Challenging Common Assumptions About Civilian Protection in Large-Scale Combat Operations - Lieber Institute West Point Preparations for LSCOs have led to a debate about whether the conduct of such operations requires modifying the prevailing approach to civilian protection.

We’re told we must accept much higher civilian casualties in large-scale combat operations.
But what if that is based on a false assumption?
My latest for @articlesofwar.bsky.social
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One suitcase, one tent, one world: On International Women’s Day International Women’s Day is often filled with celebration. Flowers. Panels. Campaigns. Words like empowerment and leadership. And those things matter. But today, I want to sit with something quieter ...

Writing on International Women's Day last week, Meyss Sattouf reflects on the strength and resilience of women affected by conflict around the world.

'...women living through conflict, crisis and marginalisation are not passive victims. They are active agents of survival and change...'

AWS in the Cross-Hairs: Data Centres as Targets [Professor Luke Moffet is chair of human rights and international humanitarian law at Queen’s University Belfast and author of Algorithms of War (BUP 2026). Alannah Travers is a PhD student a…

AWS in the Cross-Hairs: Data Centres as Targets - what are the legal obligations in targeting data centres? #IHL #IranWar

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Mass civilian harm the only certainty in war between US/Israel and Iran The only certainty in the rapidly escalating conflict between the United States/ Israel and Iran is civilian harm on a mass scale, said Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights in a statement.With the sco...

The only certainty in the war between US/Israel and Iran is mass civilian harm
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War must not become the new normal: Art, solidarity and resistance four years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Today marks four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, escalating an armed aggression ongoing since 2014. On this grim anniversary, Ukrainian artist and activist Anna Moskale...

As Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine enters its fifth year, the immense civilian toll continues to grow.

Writing for our blog, Ukrainian artist and activist Anna Moskalets shares how these four years have altered her life, her art, and her understanding of resistance.

Assassinating justice in Libya On 3 February, Libyan presidential candidate Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was shot dead by a team of four masked gunmen in Zintan. His killing cannot be read as an isolated security incident, nor as merely a...

Assassinating Justice in Libya

My latest piece for @ceasefirecentre.bsky.social

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UK military has no comprehensive system to mitigate or respond to civilian harm caused by its own operations. See our full report ‘Civilian harm mitigation in large-scale combat operations: Lessons fo... As the UK increases its defence spending and readiness for military deployment, it needs to be well prepared to mitigate and respond to civilian harm.

The laws of war exist to protect civilians. But even when the rules are followed, civilians are harmed. That's why we're calling on the UK government to strengthen its approach to civilian harm mitigation and response.

I sat in on the Defence Committee last week as former ministers were questioned about the MoD's Afghan data breach.

In my latest blog post for @ceasefirecentre.bsky.social, I consider what the data breach and superinjunction reveal about the culture inside the MoD and what needs to change.

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In a world of rising conflict, Ceasefire exists to protect and promote civilian rights. Will you help us to achieve more? Please consider donating this #GivingTuesday.

20 years after 24 Iraqi civilians were killed by US Marines in Haditha, new blog post by Alannah Travers remembers the victims and reflects both on the need for justice and to address the dynamics that enabled the atrocity, as well as on how new tech risks deepening patterns of dehumanisation.

Evidence summaries and redacted written statements here: www.iia.independent-inquiry.uk/phases/compl...

Special Forces heads suppressed SAS war crime evidence, inquiry hears An officer tells the Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan UK Special Forces leadership was

Afghan Inquiry publishes redacted evidence from closed hearings in 2024 involving former Special Forces members, after refusing the MoD’s request to delay release.

Newly published docs reveal the Inquiry was told UKSF leadership suppressed evidence of possible war crimes.

Can civil justice, operational learning and civilian agency help close the IHL enforcement gap?

Our new IRRC article explores the role of redress in upholding IHL principles and preventing civilian harm.

Read it in full: doi.org/10.1017/S181...

A new report by @ceasefirecentre.bsky.social finds the UK is ill-prepared to protect civilians from harm during future UK military operations.

Airwars’ Policy Specialist lays out noticeable gaps in the UK approach to tracking, mitigating, & responding to such harm.

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Drawing on lessons from the US and the Netherlands, the report provides concrete recommendations to the UK government and MoD and urges immediate action.

Civilian protection is scattered across a patchwork of ad hoc policies, doctrines, and operational practices, containing promising elements but leaving significant gaps.

OUT NOW: Our new report finds UK defence is ill-prepared to protect civilians from harm from UK military operations.

Full report: www.ceasefire.org/uk-defence-i...

We've joined almost 300 organisations to express our support for the ECHR 🔽

How can the UK prepare to protect civilians from its military actions in a volatile world?

Join us this Wednesday for the launch of our new report.

▶️ QUB Moot Court, 5 November @ 5pm

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Join us as we launch our latest report for a discussion at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social on how the UK can prepare to protect civilians from its own actions in a volatile world.

▶️ Moot Court, 5 November @ 5pm

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We join survivors and survivor-led organisations in calling for the UNSG to list the Russian state actors responsible for well-documented patterns of sexual violence in his Annual Report.

With civilians in #Ukraine facing renewed attacks and peace talks still uncertain, how can the UK ensure its support is truly victim-centred? New blog post by Samantha Perren out now: www.ceasefire.org/how-can-the-...

Important call that we have joined 🔽
Reparations are a right.

Important call that we have joined 🔽
Reparations are a right.

As RSF attacks on Sudan's besieged city of El Fasher intensify, Yousif Mohamed argues that remote and civilian-led monitoring and documentation efforts should be supported and used to guide policy responses.

New blog post out now:

On another unspeakably grim day for Palestinians in Gaza, I talked to @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social about starvation as a war crime.
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The first post is out now. As sectarian violence escalates in the south and Israeli strikes hit Damascus, the protection + inclusion of all communities in Syria’s political transition remain vital. What does a rights-based path forward mean for Palestinians in Syria?

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We’re pleased to announce the launch of our new #CivilianRights blog – a platform centring the rights, perspectives and lived realities of civilians affected by conflict.

www.ceasefire.org/blog/

And recommendations for stronger parliamentary oversight of UK Special Forces here: www.ceasefire.org/wp-content/u...