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This article appeared in the June 04, 2025 edition of the Monitor Daily.

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Protecting innocence amid evolving warfare

Kurt Shillinger
Managing Editor

In the years following World War II and the mass extermination of Jews by Nazi Germany, humanity codified new rules of warfare that set the protection of innocent civilians as the cornerstone of international law. Today鈥檚 conflicts, however, raise challenges that the drafters of the Geneva Conventions could not have foreseen. These include militants deliberately embedded in hospitals, schools, and apartment buildings, and drones piloted into residential areas with stealth and precision. Dominique Soguel鈥檚 report from Ukraine today underscores an urgent need to reexamine how humanity upholds its commitment to the dignity and value of every human being amid war.


This article appeared in the June 04, 2025 edition of the Monitor Daily.

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