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Responding to Civilian Harm in Millitary Conflicts
Armed conflict is all too common around the world today. One of the consequences of conflict is that civilians are harmed. Military forces – if they respect basic moral and legal standards – seek to avoid those harms so far as they can. But sometimes they will fail in that. So how should armed forces and governments respond when they cause unintended harm to civilians?
Well that is a question that the United States and its allies are thinking about very carefully at the moment.
One of the researchers whose work is shaping that process joins us today. She is Dr Kaleigh Heard. Kaleigh has…
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