Articles of War

Afterwar: Veterans’ Care as a Law of War Imperative – Part I
Editors’ Note: This post on veterans’ care as a law of war imperative is published on the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the military draft in the United States. On January 27, 1973, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that it would no longer issue draft...
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Year Ahead – The Legal Status of Unmanned Maritime (Naval) Systems: A Never-Ending Story?
An international workshop held at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, R.I., from 20 to 21 March 2012, was to discuss the legal status of unmanned...
Year Ahead – Does International Law Still Matter in Ukraine?
Considering Russia’s naked aggression against Ukraine and the contemptible torrent of international humanitarian law (IHL) violations by Russian and...
Year in Review – 2022
2022 has been an unprecedented year for the law of armed conflict (LOAC) and for Articles of War. The full-scale international armed conflict that...
Responsible AI Symposium – Responsible AI and Legal Review of Weapons
Editor’s note: The following post highlights a subject addressed at an expert workshop conducted by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy focusing...
The US Space Force at 3: Growing Dangers for a Growing Branch
On 20 December 2022, the US Space Force (USSF) will celebrate the third anniversary of its creation—an anniversary that comes at the end of a year...
Responsible AI Symposium – The AI Ethics Principle of Responsibility and LOAC
Editor’s note: The following post highlights a subject addressed at an expert workshop conducted by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy focusing...
Dutch Judgment on IHL Compliance in Chora District, Afghanistan
On 23 November 2022, the district court of the Hague handed down its judgment in a case brought against the State of the Netherlands by relatives of...
Ukraine Symposium – The THeMIS Bounty Part II: Stealing Enemy Technology
In Part I of this post, we considered whether the seizure of the Tracked Hybrid Modular Infantry System (THeMIS) by Russian troops on the...
Ukraine Symposium – Classification of the Conflict(s)
The threshold questions in any international humanitarian law (IHL) analysis are whether an armed conflict is underway as a matter of law and, if...
Ukraine Symposium – The THeMIS Bounty Part I: Seizure of Enemy Property
Modern technological advances play a critical role on the battlefield. They increase the efficiency and lethality of attacks, enhance situational...
Ukraine Symposium – Russia’s Allegations of U.S. Biological Warfare in Ukraine – Part II
Part 1 of this post presented the factual dispute regarding Russian allegations of U.S. and Ukrainian collaboration on the development of biological...
Responsible AI Symposium – Legal Implications of Bias Mitigation
Editor’s note: The following post highlights a subject addressed at an expert workshop conducted by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy focusing...