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How Lessons Learned from the CCW Can Help Guide the Regulation of AWS
Autonomous weapon systems have become a familiar set piece in contemporary International Humanitarian Law (IHL) debates. The questions are by now well-rehearsed: does the existing law of armed conflict already regulate these systems; can algorithms reliably...
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Articles of War Editorial Board Changes
Executive Editor We are pleased to congratulate Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Alcala on his appointment as Executive Editor at the West Point Press. The...
2023 DOD Manual Revision – Practical Concerns Related to the Presumption of Civilian Status – Part I
(Editor’s note: This post is part of a series analyzing the 2023 revisions to the U.S. Department of Defense’s Law of War Manual.) Since the 3rd...
Digitalize It: Digital Evidence at the ICC
The International Criminal Court (ICC, or the Court) first accepted digital evidence in a legal proceeding in 2013 during the prosecution of Al Faqi...
A Legal Assessment of North Korean Missile Tests
On July 11, 2023, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) Korean People’s Army (KPA) Strategic Force fired a Hwasong-18 intercontinental...
Mass Grave in Sudan: Revisiting the Rules on the Treatment and Disposal of the Dead
On July 13, 2023, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, reported that eighty-seven bodies were discovered in a mass grave in the west...
Merchant Shipping as Military Objectives and Naval Economic Warfare
On July 17, 2023, within 48 hours of the suspension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, Russia and Ukraine made pivotal declarations potentially...
2023 DoD Manual Revision – What’s In a Presumption?
(Editor’s note: This post is part of a series analyzing the 2023 revisions to the U.S. Department of Defense’s Law of War Manual.) One of the most...
2023 DoD Manual Revision – Handling Uncertainty in the Law of Attack
(Editor’s note: This post is part of a series analyzing the 2023 revisions to the U.S. Department of Defense’s Law of War Manual.) A Civilian Status...
2023 DoD Manual Revision – The Civilian Presumption Misnomer
(Editor’s note: This post is part of a series analyzing the 2023 revisions to the U.S. Department of Defense’s Law of War Manual.) The changes made...
The Intelligence Community, Atrocities, and Accountability
(Editor’s note: This article is part of a joint symposium hosted by Just Security and Articles of War. The symposium addresses topics discussed at a...
2023 DoD Manual Revision – A Welcome Change to the Presumption of Civilian Status
(Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of posts that will analyze and assess the 2023 revisions to the U.S. Department of Defense’s Law of...
Department of Defense Issues Update to DoD Law of War Manual on Presumption of Civilian Status and Feasible Precautions to Verify Military Objectives
Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) released an important update to its Law of War Manual, including a revision to Section 5.4.3 (“Assessing...
