Articles of War
Israel’s Operation Rising Lion and the Right of Self-Defense
On Friday morning, June 13, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched Operation Rising Lion, a major strike against Iranian nuclear infrastructure and ballistic missile capability. The IDF also degraded Iran’s air defenses and targeted senior Iranian military leaders....
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Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – After the Conflict: A UN Transitional Administration in Gaza?
Recent reporting around potential international involvement in the management of post-conflict Gaza has focussed on the idea of a...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Refugee Law
International refugee law and human rights law are both crystal clear when it comes to protecting people from persecution and other serious harm....
Arms Exporters’ Corporate Liability for Due Diligence Failures
The intensification of the armed conflict between Israel and Hamas is reported to have led to another surge in international arms sales. In fact,...
Customary International Law, National Law, and Considering Data as Objects
Cyberspace is a relatively new domain. It exists as something of a parallel universe, where properties and rules frequently differ from those of the...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Targeting Gaza’s Tunnels
Hamas’s excavation and use of tunnels under Gaza has been and will continue to play a significant part in the ongoing conflict between Israel and...
The Political Declaration on Responsible Military Use of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy
On 1 November, Vice President Harris announced that 32 States had endorsed the Political Declaration on the Responsible Military Use of Artificial...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Distinction and Humanitarian Aid in the Gaza Conflict
It is axiomatic that commanders are required to discriminate between civilians and combatants when attacking enemy positions. However, the...
Attacks and Warnings in Urban Warfare
The media coverage of recent armed conflicts has brought to a wider audience the existential nature of urban warfare and its humanitarian costs. For...
Challenges of Intelligence Sharing in Targeting Operations
I reiterate that [the prevention of civilian harm] is not necessarily about more rules on the ground. It is about paying particular attention to...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Attacks and Misuse of Ambulances during Armed Conflict
The current conflict in Gaza and Israel has caused unfathomable suffering to both sides with no end in sight. The scale of deaths and destruction in...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – The Obligation to Allow and Facilitate Humanitarian Relief
Much has been written and said over the past few weeks on obligations relating to humanitarian supplies in the context of the Gaza conflict. Certain...
International Law, Political Will, and Regulation of the Foreign-Fighter Phenomenon
Editor’s Note: This post is based on an article, “Regulating the Foreign-Fighter Phenomenon” published in the Virginia Journal of International Law,...
