News April 28th 2017

Humanitarian law in the fight against ISIS

April 28th, 2017

"Tactical training helps these men win the fight, but there is another side to war that they have never experienced,” said  Lt. Cmdr. Erin M. Baxter-Haynes, U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General Corps. “LOAC sets the rules of conduct and expectations for military forces at war. The fighters from these tribes have primarily been on the receiving end of poor treatment from hostile forces, so this isn’t anything they would …