by Victor M. Hansen | Oct 18, 2021
Hays Parks and the Doctrine of Command Responsibility While he was a graduate student at the Army’s Judge Advocate General’s School in 1973, then-Major Hays Parks wrote a thesis titled “Command Responsibility for War Crimes” that was published in the Military Law...
by Lauren Sanders, Damian Copeland | Sep 15, 2021
Holding Autonomy to Account: Legal Standards for Autonomous Weapon Systems The March 21 UN Panel of Experts on Libya report, citing the use of an autonomous armed drone by Turkish-backed Government of National Accord Affiliate Forces to attack retreating...
by Philippa Webb | Aug 12, 2021
The Security Council Veto in Syria: Imagining a Way Out of Deadlock Editor’s note: This post concludes the Articles of War Symposium on Beth Van Schaack’s book, Imagining Justice for Syria. The symposium offers a platform for the contributing experts to carry the...
by Alexandra Lily Kather | Jul 28, 2021
“Water finds its way”? Universal Jurisdiction as an Avenue for Justice in Syria Editor’s note: Germany’s recent charges against a Syrian doctor, Alaa M., bring renewed attention to universal jurisdiction cases around the Syrian conflict. Here, Alexandra Lily Kather...
by Michel Paradis | Jun 1, 2021
The Impact of Military Justice Reform on Command Responsibility Over the past decade, the prevalence of sexual assault faced by women in the United States armed forces has prompted Congress to enact a series of reforms to the military justice system. The...
by Claus Kreß | May 7, 2021
A Plea for True U.S. Leadership in International Criminal Justice On April 1, 2021, the Biden administration revoked Executive Order 13928 that formed the legal basis under United States law for the Trump administration to impose financial sanctions against...
