Articles of War
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Israel’s Right to Self-Defence against Hamas
Recent posts (here and here) have discussed Israel’s right to use force by way of self-defence against Hamas following the October 7 attacks. The gist of the first post’s argument, notwithstanding the caveats, is that the right to self-defence provided in Article 51...
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The Political Declaration on Responsible Military Use of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy
On 1 November, Vice President Harris announced that 32 States had endorsed the Political Declaration on the Responsible Military Use of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy (Declaration) that the United States developed. The number has grown in the days since the Vice...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Cyberspace – the Hidden Aspect of the Conflict
The armed conflict between Israel and Hamas is a multi-arena war in two respects. First, in terms of geography, there are active hostilities in...
Of Hague Law and Geneva Law
For specialists of the law of armed conflict, the term “Hague Law” (HL) designates the rules related to the conduct of hostilities, the so-called...
Nova 2, Legion-X, and the AI Political Declaration
The race to develop autonomous weapons systems for military deployment has entered a new phase, with the use of artificial intelligence (AI)...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – International Law “Made in Israel” v. International Law “Made for Israel”
International lawyers inside and outside Israel have long been critical of Israel’s tendency to rely on very specific and problematic...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – The Law of Truce
On November 9, 2023, Israel announced it would periodically “pause military operations” in its war in Gaza, just over a month after Hamas’s shocking...
The U.S. Turkish Drone Shootdown Over Syria and the Jus Ad Bellum
In early October, the United States shot down an armed Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) operating over Syrian airspace with an F-16 fighter...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – After the Conflict: A UN Transitional Administration in Gaza?
Recent reporting around potential international involvement in the management of post-conflict Gaza has focussed on the idea of a...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Refugee Law
International refugee law and human rights law are both crystal clear when it comes to protecting people from persecution and other serious harm....
Arms Exporters’ Corporate Liability for Due Diligence Failures
The intensification of the armed conflict between Israel and Hamas is reported to have led to another surge in international arms sales. In fact,...
Customary International Law, National Law, and Considering Data as Objects
Cyberspace is a relatively new domain. It exists as something of a parallel universe, where properties and rules frequently differ from those of the...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Targeting Gaza’s Tunnels
Hamas’s excavation and use of tunnels under Gaza has been and will continue to play a significant part in the ongoing conflict between Israel and...
The Political Declaration on Responsible Military Use of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy
On 1 November, Vice President Harris announced that 32 States had endorsed the Political Declaration on the Responsible Military Use of Artificial...