The Fourth Geneva Convention was the first humanitarian law convention dedicated to protections for civilians during armed conflict. Amongst its numerous protective rules, it also provides the main rules of international humanitarian law (IHL) governing the exceptional practice of internment of protected persons – detention of such persons for security reaso ... Show More
Nov 20
Reaffirming the obligation to protect medical facilities and support their functioning
Restrictions on movement and access to medical supplies have become an often-unseen threat to health care in today’s armed conflicts. Even where hospitals are not attacked, the quiet tightening of supply routes can deprive them of the medicines, equipment, and basic services they ... Show More
17m 26s
Nov 13
Outsourcing humanity? International law, humane treatment, and artificial intelligence in detention operations
As artificial intelligence (AI) begins to shape decisions about who is detained in armed conflict and how detention facilities are managed, questions once reserved for science fiction are now urgent matters of law and ethics. The drive to harness data and optimize efficiency risk ... Show More
17m 20s
Feb 2025
Guantanamo’s other history
The Trump administration has begun detaining migrants at Guantanamo Bay. For more than 40 years, the US has sent immigrants to Gitmo, explains Jeffrey Kahn of UC Davis, who interviewed asylum-seekers there.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Amina Al-Sadi ... Show More
25m 54s
Sep 2023
Book Club: #6: Sally Hayden on "My Fourth Time We Drowned"
In 2018, Sally Hayden received a Facebook message from an unknown sender, a man claiming to be writing from inside a Libyan detention camp. The conditions faced by him and his fellow detainees were horrendous, and his desperate message came from a phone shared in secret among hun ... Show More
41m 14s
Aug 2024
Frontline special - former US army commander Ben Hodges
In this extended Frontline conversation, the former commander of the US army in Europe - Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, explains how Kyiv’s forces have been underestimated - and why a ‘slow, chaotic reaction’ by the Kremlin will sustain the Ukrainian incursion.
The World in 10 is ... Show More
27m 8s
Feb 2013
'The International Criminal Court's Role in Promoting International Justice: A Comparison of the Sudan, Kenya, and Libya Situations' by Mr Karim Khan QC and Mr Rodney Dixon
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Just ... Show More
35m 4s
Oct 7
National Guard, October 7, Thunberg and France crisis
The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago sue U.S. President Donald Trump, in a bid to block a National Guard deployment. Two years after the October 7 attack, Tal Shoham reflects on being held hostage by Hamas for 505 days, while in Gaza, the fears of Iman Abdel Halim Abu Mu ... Show More
12m 51s