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Tracking international humanitarian law violations in the US-Israel war on Iran

Tracking international humanitarian law violations in the US-Israel war on Iran
24.03.2026 20

Dawn Prism

Ayesha Malik

Tracking IHL violations in the US-Israel war on Iran

Tracking IHL violations in the US-Israel war on Iran

As over 20 countries are now impacted by the illegal war, it is difficult to disagree with the notion that this is the original sin from which a...

24.03.2026 10

Dawn Prism

Ayesha Malik

The US and Israel struck Iran despite headway in negotiations. What is the endgame here?

As it is with most asymmetric conflicts, Iran wins if it doesn’t lose, and the US loses if it doesn’t win.

01.03.2026 50

Dawn Prism

Ayesha Malik

’We did this incredible thing’: Trump’s capture of Maduro and the ‘complexities’ of international law

America’s actions are a violation of Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter and a clear act of aggression.

05.01.2026 40

Dawn Prism

Ayesha Malik

The N-word: Iran, enrichment and the bomb

At the heart of the recent 12-day war is the selective denial of the Iranians’ sovereign right to enrich.

27.06.2025 30

Dawn Prism

Ayesha Malik

Merchants of war: Why did Israel attack Iran?

Israel sees in Iran a state it aims to destroy, not because it is worried that its black-turbaned fundamental clerics will get the bomb, but because...

16.06.2025 9

Dawn Prism

Ayesha Malik

What we get wrong about the Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’

Engaging with the Taliban on what is required by the international community for them to be formally recognised is perhaps the only way forward.

11.02.2025 10

Dawn Prism

Ayesha Malik