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For a year and a half, Western states have been rightly underlining the importance of upholding rules governing armed conflict in the context of Ukraine. But now the rest of the world sees a muted reaction to the devastating harm done to civilians by Israel’s blockade and assault on Gaza.
Western double standards risk undermining years of work to strengthen norms designed to protect civilians in conflicts.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/10/19/international-humanitarian-law-applies-all-states
No two armed conflicts are the same. But the demands of international humanitarian law to protect civilians apply to all: do not deliberately or indiscriminately attack civilians, do not take hostages, do not punish civilians for the actions of individuals, do not deny or withhold humanitarian assistance.
The US State Department has issued a ~worldwide~ travel advisory.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/worldwide-caution.html
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