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@article{184407,
        author = {C HRISHIKESH RAYAN},
        title = {THE TRAGEDY OF WAR, A LEGAL AND HUMANITARIAN FAILURE IN PROTECTING THE HUMANITY},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {4},
        pages = {1362-1365},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=184407},
        abstract = {This paper explores the profound tragedy of war, emphasizing its devastating impact on civilians, the inexplicable conditions of the vulnerable section of society, the out and out erosion of humanitarian norms, and the inability and susceptibility of the international legal mechanisms to come to the rescue and offer adequate protection to the people and all the non combatants. Through historical and contemporary case studies, the research highlights the glaring gaps in enforcement, the politicization of conflict, and the psychological and generational scars left by war. The study ultimately calls for a fundamental shift from state centric policies to human focused international frameworks that prioritize peace, accountability and the dignity and value for the life, in every war truth becomes a casualty and humanity is wounded, the tragedy of war is not just destruction, It’s about what could have been –the lives that were never lived, the futures that were never born.
As a civilized human we must move form glorifying war to remembering its pain as a cautionary tale, as real peace cannot be achieved through victory alone but through compassion reconciliation empathy alone.},
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        month = {September},
        }