The importance of documenting the casualties of armed conflict

Ward, Emily and Hamourtziadou, Lily (2024) The importance of documenting the casualties of armed conflict. Journal of Global Faultlines, 11 (2). ISSN 2397-7825

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.13169/jglobfaul.11.2.191

Abstract

This article highlights the importance of documenting casualties of armed conflicts. It looks at the Oxford Research Group’s list of legal obligations of states to document casualties. This list has been compiled from multiple different laws that are currently in place for conflicts but are often ignored or forgotten due to other pressing matters. It will also look at how mass deaths have been recorded strategically by states, by comparing the record keeping from the COVID-19 pandemic to record keeping in armed conflicts. It examines the work of NGOs, such as Iraq Body Count, and addresses the issue of accountability. Finally, it uses the Bouderbala Commission as a positive example of a government working together with its citizens to help create documentation of a conflict.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.13169/jglobfaul.11.2.191
Dates:	Date Event 30 July 2024 Accepted 19 December 2024 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	War, Casualty Recording, Accountability, Middle East, Ukraine, Bosnia
Subjects:	CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-01 - sociology, social policy and anthropology > CAH15-01-02 - sociology
Divisions:	Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > College of Law, Social and Criminal Justice
Depositing User:	Gemma Tonks
Date Deposited:	07 Mar 2025 16:36
Last Modified:	07 Mar 2025 16:36
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16214