Articles of War
Judging Battlefield Conduct
Editors’ note: This post is based on the author’s article-length work, “The Rule of Law in Armed Conflict” published in volume 34 of the Minnesota Journal of International Law (2025). The rule of law is an appraisal concept that purports to restrict arbitrariness in...
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In Honor of Yoram Dinstein – Civilian Evacuations and the Law of Armed Conflict
Editors’ note: This post is part of a series to honor Professor Yoram Dinstein, who passed away on Saturday February 10, 2024. These posts recognize Professor Dinstein’s work and the significant contribution his scholarship has made to our understanding of...
Using the Proliferation Security Initiative to Disrupt Iran’s Oil Shipments
Since the Islamic revolution of 1979, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been hostile to the United States and its allies and...
Sudan: The Case for Recognising All Conflict-Related Sexual Violence as Torture
Conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) is often framed as an unfortunate byproduct of war rather than as an intentional and strategic act of...
Conflict Classification in Eastern DRC: IAC, NIAC, or Both?
Enveloped in a myriad of armed conflicts, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recently witnessed a significant escalation of hostilities when...
Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Land Mines: An Explainer
Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine has ignited discussions within and between NATO States concerning the international conventions that ban the...
Ukraine Symposium – Ukraine’s New Voluntary Report on the Implementation of IHL
In late 2024, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (MoDU) joined a relatively small but growing family of States that has published voluntary reports...
Assessing the Ottawa Anti-Personnel Mine Convention Withdrawals
As security along their borders has deteriorated, Eastern European, Baltic, and Nordic States have scrambled to update and adapt their national...
How Meaningful is “Meaningful Human Control” in LAWS Regulation?
In recent years, the concept of “meaningful human control” (MHC) has emerged as a key consideration in regulating lethal autonomous weapon systems...
Israel-Hamas 2025 Symposium – Humanitarian Relief as a Bargaining Chip
Questions concerning the use of the starvation of civilians as a method of warfare have been discussed at length over the course of the past 536...
Targeting Iranian Spy Ships
On March 17, 2025, Al-Hadath, a Saudi news outlet, reported that U.S. forces in the Middle East had targeted and sunk Iran’s newest signals...
Israel-Hamas 2025 Symposium – Conditionality and the ICC’s Gallant “Starvation as a Method of Warfare” Charge
On 20 May 2024, the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) stated his intention to seek arrest warrants in respect of the situation in...
Clarifying Neutrality: The Rise of Different Statuses?
With the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, one can witness the rebirth of a classical topic of international law: the law of neutrality....
ENMOD: Dead Letter or Environmental Lifeline?
Editors’ note: This post is derived from the author’s article published in issue 118(3) of the American Journal of International Law. There is...
