It was on December 30, 2006, that the world witnessed the execution of one of its most infamous figures – Saddam Hussein. The former Iraqi dictator had been in American custody since his capture in a hiding spot north of Baghdad on December 13, 2003. His death marked the end of an era, not just …
On November 20, 1945, as a cold Bavarian morning settled over the battered city of Nuremberg, something unprecedented in the history of human civilization began. In a courtroom carved out of the ruins of a recently defeated empire, the world gathered to hold individuals—not nations, not vague entities, not faceless regimes, but actual men—accountable for …
The Vienna Convention is celebrated as a monumental fit of diplomatic choreography, a work of art that pulls the international community of nations together in the service of a shared vision—elusive, yet beautiful—of world diplomacy. At its core, it is a treaty that makes the code under which diplomats work a matter of international law, …
In the annals of international law, few agreements hold as much significance and moral gravity as the Geneva Convention. Established to mitigate the horrors of war and safeguard human dignity, this framework has laid down indispensable guidelines for humanitarian efforts and the protection of prisoners of war (POWs). Since its inception, it has represented a …
