Articles of War
The Moral Disorder of Jus ad Bellum and Jus in Bello Purity
In my last post, I argued why the law of armed conflict (LOAC) does not require the absolute separation of jus in bello and jus ad bellum. I also identified how leading thinkers throughout history understood the two to be inextricably, fundamentally linked, until very...
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Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium – Detention in Non-International Armed Conflict
Editor’s note: The following post highlights a subject addressed during an expert workshop that the Lieber Institute co-convened alongside Harvard...
Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium – Protection of the Environment During an Occupation
Editor’s note: The following post highlights a subject addressed during an expert workshop that the Lieber Institute co-convened alongside Harvard...
The Status of Ukraine’s “IT Army” Under the Law of Armed Conflict
Two days after Russia’s renewed invasion in February 2022, Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation announced a call to digital arms on Twitter:...
Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium – Environmental Protection in the Context of LSCOs
Editor’s note: The following post highlights a subject addressed during an expert workshop that the Lieber Institute co-convened alongside Harvard...
Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium – Introduction
Editor’s note: The views expressed in this post are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the ICRC, HLS PILAC, or other workshop...
NATO SHAPE Serge Lazareff Prize Awarded to Brigadier General Shane Reeves
On 5 May, the Office of Legal Affairs at NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) presented the Serge Lazareff Prize to Brigadier...
Future Conflicts, Civilian Harm, and the CHMR-AP – Part II
Editor’s note: The first post in the two-part series illustrated the emerging “information environment” of modern warfare into which the DoD CHMR-AP...
Future Conflicts, Civilian Harm, and the CHMR-AP – Part I
As U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has stated, mitigating civilian harm is not only a legal and moral imperative, it is also a strategic...
The Expert Panel’s Review of Amnesty International’s Allegations of Ukrainian IHL Violations
Last week, the New York Times reported that Amnesty International (AI) “sat for months on a report critical of the group after it accused Ukrainian...
The Wagner Group’s “No Quarter” Order and International Law
On April 23, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner Group, instructed members of his paramilitary force to “kill everyone on the...
International Law, Order, and Justice
The Russian invasion of Ukraine that began on February 24, 2022, heralded the emergence of an increasingly realist world order. Russia’s open...
Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan: Observations from a Combat Training Center
The August 25, 2022 publication of the Department of Defense Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan (CHMR-AP) generated debate about...
