Articles of War
Of Open and Closed Systems – War Caught in Lotus and Anti-Lotus
Within every system of law there are open legal sub-systems that offer residual freedom to act and closed sub-systems where residual prohibitions prevail. In the first, the maxim is that what is not prohibited is permitted. In the second, that which is not allowed or...
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A State’s Legal Duty to Warn its own Civilians on Consequences of Direct Participation in Hostilities
Much has been written – both in the media and on this site – about the innovative and tactically-effective use of a new digital app, ePPO, by...
The Forthcoming ICJ Advisory Opinion on Israel/Palestine and the Doctrine of Illegal Occupation
On January 9th, 2023, the UN General Assembly requested the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to provide an advisory opinion on two questions....
Debate on a Digital Emblem: The Specific Protection of Healthcare Facilities
Recently, debate ramped up around the idea of a digital emblem to signal the legal protection of medical facilities in the cyber domain. The...
Use of Force and UN Mandates to Protect Civilians
The UN’s protection of civilians (PoC) concept remains contested twenty-three years after the first PoC mandate given to the United Nations Mission...
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Prosecuting War Crimes Symposium – Justice for Victims of [Some] War Crimes Act?
Editor’s note: The following post highlights a subject addressed at a Lieber Institute expert workshop focusing on Prosecuting War Crimes. For a...
Ukraine Symposium – Field-Modified Weapons under the Law of War
Combatants in armed conflict may choose to modify weapons in the field for a variety of reasons. They may modify them to improve their reliability....
Prosecuting War Crimes Symposium – German Domestic Prosecutorial Experience
Editor’s note: The following post highlights a subject addressed at a Lieber Institute expert workshop focusing on Prosecuting War Crimes. For a...
Ukraine Symposium – The Legal and Practical Challenges of Surrendering to Drones
As part of the Articles of War “Year Ahead” series published earlier this year, Board of Advisor member Professor Gary Solis predicted that several...
Prosecuting War Crimes Symposium – Evidentiary Challenges
Editor’s note: The following post highlights a subject addressed at a Lieber Institute expert workshop focusing on Prosecuting War Crimes. For a...
Prosecuting War Crimes Symposium – Introduction
Last fall, with the generous support of the 15th Dean of the Academic Board, Brigadier General Shane Reeves, the Lieber Institute for Law and...
A Digital Red Cross: What Would It Defend Against?
On November 18, 1991, after enduring a three-month artillery assault, the city of Vukovar in Croatia fell to what was then known as the federal...
Ukraine Symposium – A Wagner Group Fighter in Norway
In the early hours of Friday, January 13th, the alarm went off in a military border guard base in northern Norway. Someone had illegally crossed the...
