Articles of War
Hollow Control: Cyber Compromise and Human Judgment in Lethal Autonomous Weapons – Part I
Observing that modern warfare is ever more reliant on networks, data, sensors, and software, all of which are vulnerable to attack, has the novelty factor of a field manual explaining that the enemy gets a vote. The more interesting and indeed pressing discussion...
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GC IV Commentary Series – Introduction
Editors’ note: Sean Watts, co-author of this post, served on the Reading Committee that advised production of the ICRC’s Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention and co-authored two entries in it. Recent decades have produced a deluge of private and public-sector...
GC IV Commentary Series – The Prohibition of Deportation and Forcible Transfer
Editors’ note: The following series considers ICRC’s 2025 updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention. Rosa-Lena Lauterbach, Liisi Adamson,...
GC IV Commentary Series – On Interpretive Methodology
Editors’ note: The following series considers ICRC’s 2025 updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention. Rosa-Lena Lauterbach, Liisi Adamson,...
Asia-Pacific Journal Series – Dignitary Design: Embedding Human Dignity into Military AI
Editors’ note: This post appears as part of a series highlighting articles in a recent volume of the Asia-Pacific Journal of International Law, on...
Asia-Pacific Journal Series – Can We Design Military AI to Follow IHL by Default?
Editors’ note: This post appears as part of a series highlighting articles in a recent volume of the Asia-Pacific Journal of International Law, on...
Asia-Pacific Journal Series – The Martens Clause: International Law’s Favourite Rule That Nobody Uses
Editors’ note: This post appears as part of a series highlighting articles in a recent volume of the Asia-Pacific Journal of International Law, on...
Asia-Pacific Journal Series – The De Jure Necessity and De Facto Improbability of Establishing a New Military AI Treaty
Editors’ note: This post appears as part of a series highlighting articles in a recent volume of the Asia-Pacific Journal of International Law, on...
Lieber Studies Non-State Actor Attribution Volume Series – Artificial Intelligence and Attribution of Non-State Actors’ Conduct to States
Editors’ note: This post appears as an entry in a series dedicated to Dr Jennifer Maddocks’ monograph, Attribution of Non-State Actor Conduct during...
Asia-Pacific Journal Series – Introduction: Military AI Has Left the Laboratory
Editors’ note: This post appears as part of a series highlighting articles in a recent volume of the Asia-Pacific Journal of International Law, on...
GC IV Commentary Series – Article 23 and Humanitarian Relief: What’s Right, What’s Left Unclear
Editors’ note: The following series considers ICRC’s 2025 updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention. Rosa-Lena Lauterbach, Liisi Adamson,...
GC IV Commentary Series – Individualization in Civilian Internment Decisions
Editors’ note: The following series considers ICRC’s 2025 updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention. Rosa-Lena Lauterbach, Liisi Adamson,...
GC IV Commentary Series – Introduction
Editors’ note: Sean Watts, co-author of this post, served on the Reading Committee that advised production of the ICRC’s Commentary on the Fourth...
Lieber Studies Non-State Actor Attribution Volume Series – The Customary Law Status and Relevance of the Attribution Rule in Article 11 ARSIWA
Editors’ note: This post appears as an entry in a series dedicated to Dr Jennifer Maddocks’ monograph, Attribution of Non-State Actor Conduct during...
