International Humanitarian Law

Israel has breached international humanitarian law by targeting and firing on UNIFIL positions in Lebanon, the Irish government has said. The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said yesterday that its Naqoura headquarters and nearby positions "have been repeatedly hit" by the Israel Defence Forces (

A team from the Law Society of Ireland has won the 2024 Corn Adomnáin International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Competition organised by the Irish Red Cross. The three-person team of Conal O'Gahdra, Chloe McCabe and Calem Martin triumphed over seven rival teams from six other institutions in the c

The Irish Red Cross has invited law students to enter this year's Corn Adomnáin, its annual international humanitarian law (IHL) competition. Teams of three have until the end of January to sign up for the competition, which will take place at Dublin City University on Saturday 23 March 2024.

Ruth A FitzGerald SC considers the application of international humanitarian law to the current conflict between Israel and Hamas. The question being considered here is as to the way fighting is being conducted between Israel and Hamas, i.e., the law of war, and not the question of the legality of w