'I lead an organisation which seeks to ensure every person killed in armed conflict is identified, recorded, and acknowledged.' Photo: by CHUTTERSNAP on Unsplash

‘I find this debate deeply frustrating.’

Casualties of war: Rachel Taylor counts the cost

‘I find this debate deeply frustrating.’

by Rachel Taylor 7th June 2024

Public discussion about the casualties of the violence in Gaza is widespread. A change to the way in which the UN publishes data led to accusations that fatality numbers were being manipulated; but in fact there had been no significant change, just a poorly-communicated switch in how they were presented.