Articles of War
Of Evolving Belligerent Occupation Law: Old “Hague” Occupation and New “Geneva” Occupation
For years, the legal status of so-called “functional occupation” was unclear in international humanitarian law (IHL) (see, e.g., this 2012 work by Zwanenburg, Bothe, and Sassòli). In 2024, however, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) adopted a new take on...
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The ICC’s Al Hassan Case: A Rejection of the Bilateral Approach to Conflict Classification?
On June 26, 2024, Trial Chamber X of the International Criminal Court (ICC) finally delivered its judgment in the Al Hassan case. The defendant, Mr....
Authoritatively Stating International Law? The ICJ and Israeli Withdrawal from the OPT
On July 21, 2024, the International Court of Justice (“ICJ” or “Court”) delivered its advisory opinion on the Legal Consequences arising from the...
Israel-Hamas 2024 Symposium – Pro-Israel Lawfare, Symbolism, or Genuine Legal Concern?
Israel often perceives itself at the receiving end of what today is termed “lawfare”: warfare by legal means or the use of strategic litigation to...
Laws of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium – Kalaripayattu to IHL: The Ancient Roots of Legal Warfare Practices in Malabar
Editor’s note: The following post highlights a chapter that appears in Samuel White’s third edited volume of Laws of Yesterday’s Wars published with...
Protecting Schools in Armed Conflict
In early July 2024, the BBC reported that the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) had conducted an air strike on a school in the Nuseirat refugee camp in...
Laws of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium – Ottoman Laws of War
Editor’s note: The following post highlights a chapter that appears in Samuel White’s third edited volume of Laws of Yesterday’s Wars published with...
Laws of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium – Introduction
Last year, Articles of War hosted a symposium highlighting volumes one and two of the Laws of Yesterday’s Wars book series published by Brill...
Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – Israeli Hostage Rescue Mission and Perfidy
On 8 June, Israel rescued four hostages being held by Hamas in the Nuseirat neighborhood of central Gaza. According to reports, an Israeli police...
Who Speaks for Humanity?
In a previous post on Articles of War, I argued that it was wrong to assess rules for the conduct of war without giving some consideration to the...
Lieber Studies Making and Shaping LOAC Volume – “Law of War Unmaking”
Editors’ note: This post is based on the author’s chapter in Making and Shaping the Law of Armed Conflict (Sandesh Sivakumaran and Christian R....
Under Siege: LOAC Obligations of the Besieged Party
Editors’ Note: Articles of War previously published a longer work on the subject of States’ responses to malicious or hostile actions as both...
Lieber Studies Making and Shaping LOAC Volume – Between War and the Text: The Pedagogical Life of IHL
Editors’ note: This post is based on the author’s chapter in Making and Shaping the Law of Armed Conflict (Sandesh Sivakumaran and Christian R....
