Articles of War
Prisoner of War Repatriation and Interpretive Choice – Part I: The Legal Framework and Reciprocity
Prisoner of war repatriations have long been thorny, contentious post-war affairs. Disputes over their timing, scope, and implementation have routinely threatened relations between formerly warring States and resulted in prolonged and unconscionable suffering by...
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Ukraine Symposium – Unprecedented Environmental Risks
Environmental damage in armed conflict is generally caused in four ways: (1) the conduct of hostilities, i.e., the use of means and methods of...
Ukraine Symposium – Weaponizing Civilians: Human Shields in Ukraine
Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine has become a horrific demonstration of the many ways a State can violate international humanitarian...
Ukraine Symposium – War Crimes against Children
For the 452 million children living in conflict zones (1 in 6 globally), the effects of conflict are multiple, wide-ranging, and devastating. With...
Ukraine Symposium – The Ukraine Conflict, Smart Phones, and the LOAC of Takings
According to at least one report, in the course of their operations Russian forces entered residential complexes in the suburbs of Kyiv, displaced...
Ukraine Symposium – Russian Booby-Traps and the Ukraine Conflict
As Russian troops pull back from the Kyiv area, they are leaving behind horrific evidence of international humanitarian law (IHL) violations and war...
Ukraine Symposium – A War Crimes Primer on the Ukraine-Russia Conflict
More than a month into the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, allegations of war crimes have proliferated from media, advocacy groups,...
The Siren Song of Universal Jurisdiction: A Cautionary Note
In the face of the humanitarian crises and government abuses in the Syrian Civil War, the German Office of the Federal Prosecutor General initiated...
Hunter 2-S Swarming Attack Drones: Legal & Ethical Dimensions
Halcon, a defense company based in the United Arab Emirates, unveiled its aerial fleet of swarming drones—Hunter 2-S—at the Unmanned System...
Command Responsibility and the Ukraine Conflict
The news on the conflict in Ukraine is replete with violations of international humanitarian law (IHL), conveying the impression that soldiers have...
Weaponizing Food
The conflict in Ukraine is threatening the world’s food system. For instance, Ukraine and Russia supply around 30% of global wheat and barley...
The Law and Character of War in 2035
In fall of 2020, the Lieber Institute for Law and Warfare at West Point joined a U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC) multi-year study on the changing...
Deportation of Ukrainian Civilians to Russia: The Legal Framework
The United Nations estimates that the conflict in Ukraine has displaced over 10 million people. As of March 16, there are an estimated 6.4 million...
