The UN and Casualty Recording: Good Practice and the Need for Action
A new report from Oxford Research Group Read the full report here. This new report from our colleagues at ORG looks closely at…
Civilian War Victims Receive Recognition in US Law
By Sahr Muhammedally When the US military was deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, it had no plan for addressing…
Aid for Drone Victims
To the Editor: Re “Questions on Drone Strike Find Only Silence” (front page, Nov. 23): Faisal bin Ali Jaber, a…
Five Ways Obama Can Fix Drones Right Now
The way proponents talk about them, you’d think Zeus gifted drones straight from his backpack. Alternatively, you might also believe…
Civilians can benefit when the military learns from its mistakes
Letter to the Editor by Sarah Holewinski Thomas E. Ricks was exactly right in his Oct. 27 Sunday Opinion column,…
Infographics: Monetary Payments for Civilian Harm
How much is a life worth? While it’s impossible to put a price on life, there is an important conversation…
Marla Ruzicka’s Heroism
Arifa had lost nearly everything when Marla Ruzicka walked through the door and into her life. The American intervention in…
Agreement on Chemical Weapons Alone Will Not End Suffering in Syria
Syria has indicated that it will give up chemical weapons and may even sign the chemical weapons convention, but the…
Syria’s IDPs Flee Homes But Find No Safety
By Catherine Cheney, World Politics Review This article was reprinted with the permission of World Politics Review, where it was originally…