Urban warfare

In good faith: legal advice during aerial targeting in urban areas

May 4, 2021 14 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Urban warfare Craig Jones

Military legal advisers today play a key role during various military operations, including aerial targeting ...

War and the city: a history

April 29, 2021 6 mins read Analysis / History / Humanitarian Action / Urban warfare Daniel Palmieri

As long as there have been cities, wars have been staged within them. While the term ‘urban warfare’ conjures more recent images of ...

Urban warfare: an age-old problem in need of new solutions

April 27, 2021 17 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Urban warfare Laurent Gisel, Pilar Gimeno Sarciada, Ken Hume & Abby Zeith

Urban warfare is not a new phenomenon; cities have featured as a stage for violence ...