The 2006 Israel-Lebanon war generated the first large-scale and systemA,A!ic references to a heretofore mostly ignored law of war concept, the doctrine of proportionality. Occasional references to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jill Goldenziel writes & consults on security, law, & business risk. Proportionality in war does not mean balancing number of ...

This report provides an account of the debates that took place during a meeting of international experts co-organized by the ICRC and Université Laval (Quebec) in June 2016 in Quebec. The subject ...

Distinguished chair, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is grateful for the opportunity to address the Open-Ended Working Group a second time ...

The use of a technology or system to deliver public functions can only ever be legitimate if it is “legal”, in the sense of falling under an appropriate legal framework that authorises such technology ...

Fernando Matesanz of Spanish VAT Services looks at a case that focuses on the controversial issue of VAT penalties and considers whether the latest judgments from the ECJ are moving towards a ...

This essay critically analyzes Timothy Endicott’s argument on the application of proportionality to the issue of the incommensurability between interests (or values) in the adjudication of human ...

Over the past decade, proportionality has become a defining feature of federal discovery practice, particularly in the context of electronically stored information (ESI).

The request is straightforward enough – "Please send me all of my data". But that short message could trigger a painstaking search of your systems that requires reviewing and redacting hundreds of ...

Underlining that the restrictions on free speech by the electoral bonds scheme are not “proportional” to its goal, a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of ...

A thorough and well-reasoned approach to demonstrating proportionality increases the chances of success in litigation. The proportionality requirement aims to ensure that discovery requests are ...