Human Rights
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Recognizes the Right to a Healthy Environment
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Cyber Operations under International Humanitarian Law: Perspectives from the ICRC
Cyberspace is so omnipresent that it can seem banal, but it is also a target-rich environment from a military perspective, with modern armies deeply reliant on digital infrastructure. From the perspective of international humanitarian law (or IHL, also known as the law of armed conflict), this raises the question of what cyber operators may and may not attack during armed conflicts, what even constitutes an "attack" under IHL in cyberspace, and what the reverberating effects of those attacks could be on civilians.
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24
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