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International law isn’t dead. But the impunity seen in Gaza urgently needs to be addressed

By James Sweeney, Professor, Lancaster Law School, Lancaster University

Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa) says that Gaza is “becoming the graveyard of international humanitarian law”.

International humanitarian law (IHL), regulates the conduct of armed conflict, which is the legal expression for war. It covers…

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