Humanitarian Issues in War and Armed Conflict

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Challenges students to explore and discuss important questions around protecting the rights of vulnerable people during the times of war. International humanitarian law is a set of rules that seeks, for humanitarian reasons, to limit the effects of armed conflict. It protects persons who are not or are no longer participating in the hostilities and restricts the means and methods of warfare. International humanitarian law is also known as the law of war or the law of armed conflict. Only open to MSW students. Students from other majors must get permission of the professor to enroll.