International humanitarian law (IHL) is a body of law specifically designed to protect civilians and those who have laid down their arms. To this end, IHL imposes obligations on all parties to an armed conflict to comply with its...
In 2014, after the first Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory in the Donbas, soldiers who had lost limbs in battle were seen for the first time in public as they returned home. Since the full-on invasion by Russia in February 2022, the...
