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Farewell to MAJ Evin Stovall
This week Articles of War and the Lieber Institute for Law and Warfare bid farewell to Major Evin Stovall. For two years, Evin served as Senior Editor at Articles of War where, behind the scenes for our readers but prominently for us, he led our administrative and...
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A Matter of Principle(s)? Acquiescence in International Humanitarian Law
Like hidden bunkers blended in the landscape, the operation of general principles of law in international humanitarian law (IHL) is not conspicuous...
Guilty Unless Proven Innocent: A Critique of Ali Kushayb Judgment
In its recent judgment, the International Criminal Court (ICC) convicted Ali Kushayb of multiple war crimes and crimes against humanity. A Janjaweed...
ILC Draft Articles on Immunity of State Officials: Codification or Progressive Development?
The International Law Commission (ILC) has recently concluded its second reading of the Draft Articles on Immunity of State Officials from Foreign...
Propaganda in Armed Conflict: Addressing Impact Through Upholding Legal Limits
Editors' note: The following post draws upon the article “Propaganda and Armed Conflict – Analysing the Legal Framework Through the Ongoing Conflict...
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....
Nuclear Weapons Part III – What Is To Be Done?
Editors’ note: This is the third of a four-part post on legal considerations applicable to nuclear weapons. If the prospects for significant nuclear...
No New Rules Needed: Russia’s Minimalist Vision of Human Oversight for LAWS
Editors' note: This is the third post in a series dedicated to Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and the questions of human oversight and...
The Tin Can Ruse: Lawful Deception or Prohibited Treachery?
The law of armed conflict has always drawn an uncomfortable line between cunning and criminality. Commanders who deceive the enemy are celebrated;...
Nuclear Weapons Part II – Can an Arms Race Be Stopped?
Editors’ note: This is the second of a four-part post on legal considerations applicable to nuclear weapons. In the first part of this post, the...
Through the Looking Glass, Again: The Caroline Standard and a General Framework for Necessity-Based Self-Defense
“Why, it's a Looking-glass book, of course! And if I hold it up to a glass, the words will all go the right way again.” — Lewis Carroll, Through the...
Fighting at Machine Speed: AI and U.S. Army Counterfire Under the Law of War – Part II
Part I of this post explained the growing relevance of counterfire operations, challenges that accompany carrying them out, and potential...
Fighting at Machine Speed: AI and U.S. Army Counterfire Under the Law of War – Part I
A strategic shift in national security priorities from counterinsurgency operations to great-power competition and conflict has exposed significant...
