Articles of War
Anti-Personnel Mines in a Post-Hostilities Environment: The Case of Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict
Few contemporary conflicts have been as deeply saturated with landmines as the protracted confrontation between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Over three decades of intermittent warfare and fortified front lines have produced extensive mine contamination across battle zones,...
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Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Beyond the Pale: IHRL and the Hamas Attack on Israel
The October 7, 2023 attack by armed Hamas militants against Israel and the long string of atrocities committed by them against Israeli civilians and...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – The ICRC’s Statement on the Israel-Hamas Hostilities and Violence: Discerning the Legal Intricacies
On October 13, 2023, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) released an extraordinary statement, which among other things called for...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – A “Complete Siege” of Gaza in accordance with International Humanitarian Law
The recent attacks committed by Hamas in Israel can only be described as abhorrent. The death toll of the ongoing escalation of violence has (as at...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – The Evacuation of Northern Gaza: Practical and Legal Aspects
Late in the evening of October 12th, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) began warning residents of Gaza to evacuate to the south in anticipation of...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Siege Law and Military Necessity
It is no surprise that the debate over the legality of Israeli measures directed against Hamas is already gaining momentum. Public discussion has...
Does International Humanitarian Law Confer Undue Legitimacy on Violence in War?
International humanitarian law (IHL) is extolled as a civilizing force that seeks to limit the effects of war for humanitarian reasons. Yet there is...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Hostage-Taking and the Law of Armed Conflict
In the early morning of October 7, the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, the militant Palestinian group Hamas launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, a...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – The Legal Context of Operations Al-Aqsa Flood and Swords of Iron
On Saturday morning, the armed wing of Hamas, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, a brutal surprise attack into...
Limitations on the Strategic Use of Ransomware in Armed Conflicts
Editor’s Note: This post is derived from an article-length work published in the U.S. Naval War College’s International Law Studies journal....
Cyber Operations as Crimes at the International Criminal Court
Editors’ Note: The authors co-led a discussion group at the 2023 International Humanitarian Law Roundtable in Chautauqua, New York, on the topic of...
The Evolving Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict – An International Law Perspective – Part II
Editors’ Note: In a prior post, the authors presented background material and jus ad bellum analysis of an ongoing situation between Armenia and...
The Evolving Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict – An International Law Perspective – Part I
Editors’ Note: This post is the first in a two-part series addressing international legal issues related to the ongoing situation in...
