Articles of War
Built Without a Battlefield: Challenges of a Cold Case War Crimes Prosecution
Australian authorities recently arrested Ben Roberts-Smith for war crimes including multiple unlawful killings of prisoners and non-combatants. Roberts-Smith, long regarded as one of Australia’s most decorated soldiers and a national celebrity, was previously awarded...
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Firewalls and Fault Lines: Cyber War in the Middle East
Following the Iran-Israel War, a conflict blending relentless Israel Defense Force (IDF) airstrikes with Iranian missile and drone barrages, some...
Five Years of Articles of War
Today marks the 5-year anniversary of the launch of Articles of War. When we began, we promised our readers “timely, clear, and thought-provoking...
Non-State Cyber Actors in the 12-Day War – The Gray Zone of LOAC, Part II
Editors’ note: In a prior post Professor Gary Corn described recent cyber operations undertaken during conflict between Iran and Israel. He related...
From Outrage to Engagement: Might Promoting Compliance Succeed Where Condemnation Has Failed?
The mood at this year’s European Humanitarian Forum (EHF) oscillated between frustration, foreboding, and a pervasive sense of hyper-normalization....
Prosecuting the Starvation War Crime in Germany: The Yarmouk Case
On 6 June 2024, the Investigative Judge at the Federal Court of Justice issued arrest warrants for five individuals apprehended in Germany. The...
Requiem for IHL: A Geopolitical Perspective
International humanitarian law (IHL) is facing a fundamental crisis. As Dr. Erica Harper recently noted, many actors around the world now openly...
The 1892 Conferences on the Law of War published by Antoine Pillet
From 1891 to 1892, Antoine Pillet, a prolific and eminent French professor of international law, was invited to teach a course on the law of war to...
Did China Just Violate the Biological Warfare Convention?
In early June, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested two nationals of the People’s Republic of China for conspiracy to smuggle a...
Non-State Cyber Actors in the 12-Day War – The Gray Zone of LOAC, Part I
Editors’ note: In this two-part series, Professor Gary Corn examines law of armed conflict issues arising from cyber operations conducted during the...
Australia’s Afghanistan Inquiry Compensation Scheme: A Pragmatic Model for Individual Reparations
Editors’ note: This post draws from the author's forthcoming examination of the Afghanistan Inquiry Compensation Scheme's legal framework and...
Military Chaplains and Other Religious Personnel under IHL
Editors’ note: This post is drawn from the author’s article-length work, “Military Chaplains and Equivalent Religious Personnel Under International...
Protecting Inhabitants of Occupied Territory: Settler Violence in the West Bank
On July 11, 2025, Israeli settlers allegedly beat Sayfollah Kamel Musallet, a Palestinian-American U.S. citizen and Florida native, to death during...
