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Articles of War Editorial Board Changes
Managing Editor We are pleased to congratulate Professor Jenny Maddocks on joining the faculty of the University of Reading School of Law. She will fit perfectly with the already formidable team of international law scholars at Reading. We will miss her greatly at the...
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Ukraine Symposium – Documentation and Investigation Responses to Serious International Crimes
The armed conflict in Ukraine dates to 2014 when Russia invaded Crimea. Since that time, a number of important documentation and investigation...
Ukraine Symposium – Lessons from Syria’s Ceasefires
Ceasefires are generally seen by academics, policy makers, and military and political personnel as being humanitarian and positive, or at worst,...
Ukraine Symposium – The Attack on the Vasily Bekh and Targeting Logistics Ships
On June 17, Ukrainian forces successfully used a U.S.-supplied Harpoon anti-ship cruise missile to attack and sink a Russian resupply ship that...
Ukraine Symposium – The Release of Prisoners of War
As announced by Ukrainian authorities on 29 June 2022, the largest exchange of prisoners of war took place since the invasion by the Russian...
Ukraine Symposium – The Risk of Commercial Actors in Outer Space Drawing States into Armed Conflict
Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the satellite communications firm Viasat confirmed a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that is...
Ukraine Symposium – Putting “Overall Control” to the Test of the Third Geneva Convention
Detention is a common feature of both international and non-international armed conflicts (IAC and NIAC). Despite the increasing convergence in the...
How Human Rights Law Bodies Handle Situations of Armed Conflict and Human Rights Law
This is the second of two posts dealing with aspects of the relationship between the law of armed conflict (LOAC) and Human Rights Law (HRsL). HRsL...
The Relationship Between the Law of Armed Conflict and International Human Rights Law
This is the first of two posts on two specific aspects of the relationship between the law of armed conflict (LOAC) and international human rights...
Finland and Sweden Invited to Join NATO: Significance and Process
On 29-30 June in Madrid, NATO held what its Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, labeled a “historic and transformative” summit. Indeed, it was. And...
Ukraine Symposium – The Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group & Ukrainian Prosecutions of Russian POWs – Part 3
In two previous posts (here and here), I addressed guilty pleas by three Russian soldiers recently processed by two Ukrainian domestic, civilian...
Déjà Vu: International Landmine Law and the New U.S. Landmine Policy
Following a “comprehensive policy review,” the Biden Administration announced significant changes to U.S. Anti-Personnel Landmine (APL) policy on...
Ukraine Symposium – The Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group & Ukrainian Prosecutions of Russian POWs – Part 2
A prior post recounted the recent trial and guilty plea by Russian Army Sergeant Shishimarin in Ukraine. That post identified a number of important...
