In our increasingly globalized world, civilians feel most acutely the impact of conflicts and failures of interstate regulation. Modern conflict has been characterized by states and nonstate actors targeting civilians. One need only look to the offenses committed in Syria and South Sudan to understand the immense toll those conflicts have taken on civilian lives. In addition, failures in interstate regulation, particularly around business practices and climate change, disproportionately affect the world's most poor and vulnerable, as political and economic interests take precedence over the rights of civilians.