At the crossroads of scholarship and practice
The Lieber Institute at West Point facilitates and contributes to the global dialogue on today’s most pressing and complex law of war issues. Through its research, publications, events and education, it strives to advance the understanding and maintain the primacy of law in today’s armed conflicts.
The Lieber Institute seeks to bridge the divide between legal scholarship and battlefield experience in the study of the law. It engages in innovative research and collaboration on multiple topics of legal study including targeting, detention, artificial intelligence, emerging technologies and war crimes accountability.
Researching Cutting-edge Issues.
Promoting Understanding.
Empowering Combat Leaders.
GC IV Commentary Series – Article 47 of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949: A Possible Blind Spot
Editors’ note: The following series considers ICRC’s 2025 updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention. Rosa-Lena Lauterbach, Liisi Adamson, and Sean Watts’s introduction to the series is available here. Although the International Committee of the Red Cross...
GC IV Commentary Series – Common Article 2(2) and (3)
Editors’ note: The following series considers ICRC’s 2025 updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention. Rosa-Lena Lauterbach, Liisi Adamson, and Sean Watts’s introduction to the series is available here. Most discussion concerning Article 2 common (CA 2) to the...
The Law on Brain Technologies in Warfare Series – HUMINT, Detainees, and “Brain Fingerprinting”
Editors’ note: This post is an entry in our series on Air Commodore (ret.) William H. Boothby’s book, The Law on Brain Technologies in Warfare published by Elgar International. As I outlined in a 2024 post, intelligence gathering has taken on an increasingly important...
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