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2011 issue 3

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Fighting by the rules

Could a voluntary compliance mechanism, designed to be non-binding and non-political, help bridge the gap between the ideals behind the rules of war and real-world practice on the ground?

‘Because of hunger I am here’

In recent years, seasonal rains in southern Angola stopped coming. As crops died, people ate their valuable livestock, sold everything to buy food and then, when all was gone, they started walking.