Buddhism’s Psycho-ethics of Non-harm and Restraint for All Sentient Beings During Armed Conflict 19/11/2024, Buddhist Circles This article was originally posted on the Armed Groups and International Law blog as a part of the Beyond Compliance Blog Symposium: How to Prevent Harm and ...
The Path of Peace: Using the Buddhist ‘Middle Way’ to Encourage IHL Compliance 18/12/2023, Buddhist Circles Armed conflict is when one party or more exercises force against the other(s). However, a party’s resort to violence in times of war ...
Buddhism and the Role of Ritual in Processing Grief and Ambiguous Loss 09/11/2023, Buddhist Circles This article considers the support that Buddhist ritual practices may offer families and relatives of missing people. Families of missing individuals experience a ...
Legal Reasoning About Displacement and Responsibility 12/10/2023, Buddhist Circles Civilian displacement is a common consequence of armed conflict with grave humanitarian implications. In a new article published by the Journal of Buddhist ...
Book Launch: “Buddhism and International Humanitarian Law” 20/09/2023, Buddhist Circles What guidance can Buddhism provide to those involved in armed conflict and to belligerents who must perhaps kill or be killed or defend ...
[Video] Presentations from the 2022 Conference on Buddhism and IHL in Chiang Mai 14/08/2023, Buddhist Circles A small selection of the presentations given during the conference on “Reducing Suffering During Armed Conflict: The Interface Between Buddhism and International Humanitarian ...
Podcast: Buddhism and Warfare – With Good Reason 08/06/2023, Buddhist Circles Buddhism is widely-known as a peaceful tradition deeply committed to ahiṃsā (non-harming). But in this new podcast published by With Good Reason, Prof. ...
[Video] First International Conference on Buddhism and IHL in Thailand 13/03/2023, Buddhist Circles The ICRC, together with the Faculty of Humanities at Chiang Mai University, the Faculty of Science and Humanities at Mahidol University and Shan ...
Preface to the Contemporary Buddhism Special Edition on Buddhism and IHL 20/02/2023, Buddhist Circles What guidance can Buddhism provide to those involved in armed conflict, and to belligerents who must perhaps kill or be killed, or defend ...
How Does Buddhism Compare With IHL, and Can It Contribute to Humanising War? 16/02/2023, Buddhist Circles This article by Andrew Bartles-Smith examines Buddhist teachings relevant to the regulation of war and compares them with international humanitarian law (IHL) and ...
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