"In the full glare of the world's media spotlight, Israel has been conducting its genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza while the mass killing of civilians in Sudan has not stopped since the outbreak of that country's war in 2023. Violence is ongoing elsewhere from Myanmar's civil war to conflict in Nigeria. Drone attacks targeting noncombatants have become commonplace in Ukraine while massacres of civilians across multiple conflicts continue, including in Ethiopia, Haiti, Myanmar, Yemen all with apparent impunity."
"The United States, historically the self-appointed world's police officer, is in retreat and unwilling to uphold the humanitarian laws that for decades have provided some protection for civilians trapped in conflicts. That has left those laws under unprecedented strain around the world, the study of 23 of the world's conflicts conducted by the academy concluded. The years 2024 and 2025 proved devastating to civilians with little evidence of willingness among warring parties to limit the barbarity inflicted upon the most vulnerable,"
Armed groups and state forces repeatedly target civilians across multiple conflicts, resulting in widespread murder, torture, rape, and destruction of homes, schools, and hospitals. Drone strikes against noncombatants and massacres have become commonplace in conflicts from Gaza and Sudan to Ukraine, Myanmar, Ethiopia, Haiti, Yemen, and Nigeria. Genocide was found by a United Nations Commission of Inquiry in relation to actions in Gaza. The United States has reduced its role in upholding humanitarian norms, leaving international humanitarian law under unprecedented strain. The period of mid-2024 through late 2024 saw devastating civilian suffering with little evidence of restraint by warring parties.
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