In 2022, NGO ‘Action on Armed Violence’ (AOAV) released a summary report on the damage explosive weapons caused to civilian life and infrastructure between 2012-2022. During this period, 238,892 civilians were killed or injured in populated areas.

The right to life is embodied in international, domestic and regional documents. It protects the right of an individual to be free from arbitrary deprivation of life. However, the term 'arbitrary' ensures us that the right to life is not absolute and can be derogated from.

Since 2017, Cameroon has been plagued by a deadly conflict linked to the roots of early colonialism headed by the French and British governments

Since early April 2022, a new wave of protests have emerged to combat increasing economic instability as well as fuel shortages and consistent power cuts.

The tactics employed by the Russian government are nothing more than a ploy to suppress its own political opposition. These discriminatory tactics are reflective of the distaste the Russian government has for what it views as unpatriotic ideology.

While the Mali government have launched some investigations into atrocity allegations regarding Islamist groups, investigations into the Mali military have not been commenced.

Despite genocide not having been committed in the state, widespread, systemic and targeted crimes against humanity have been committed by all sides to the conflict.

The new military government under the control of Min Aung Hlaing has committed widespread atrocities against those who protested against the takeover, including the use of water cannons, live gunfire and rubber bullets

The attacks in Sa’ada are a sad reiteration of the disregard for civilian life in the ongoing conflict. The attack was one of many committed over the last 8 years that demonstrates how fast to act both sides to the conflict are in their ignorance towards their humanitarian obligations.

West Papua has been a territory of Indonesia since it was annexed by the Southeast Asian country in 1962. Before then, it was a Dutch colony and has been a UN Trust territory. However, West Papuans have continuously agitated for independence on the basis of their distinct ethnic, cultural and religious diversity to the majority of Indonesia.