The Role of the Private Sector in Ensuring Respect for IHL

The Role of the Private Sector in Ensuring Respect for IHL

The Role of the Private Sector in Ensuring Respect for IHL On September 12th, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) published its report, International Humanitarian Law and the Challenges of Contemporary Armed Conflicts. It is customary for the ICRC to...
EU Support to Ukraine through Windfall Profits: Reparative Value, International Law, and Future Pathways

EU Support to Ukraine through Windfall Profits: Reparative Value, International Law, and Future Pathways

EU Support to Ukraine through Windfall Profits: Reparative Value, International Law, and Future Pathways Over two years into the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the fate of Russian assets frozen by Western sanctions is followed almost as closely...
Beyond Compliance Symposium – Compliance + Restraint Towards Full(er) Protection in War

Beyond Compliance Symposium – Compliance + Restraint Towards Full(er) Protection in War

Beyond Compliance Symposium – Compliance + Restraint Towards Full(er) Protection in War Editors’ note: This post forms part of the Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to Prevent Harm and Need in Conflict, featured across Articles of War and Armed Groups and International...
Military Investigations in Armed Conflict: Investigating Themselves?

Military Investigations in Armed Conflict: Investigating Themselves?

Military Investigations in Armed Conflict: Investigating Themselves? Editors’ note: This post is based on the author’s recently published book, Military Investigations in Armed Conflict: Independence and Impartiality under International Law, published with Routledge....
Legal Black Hole Redux: The 9/11 Military Commission Plea Withdrawal

Legal Black Hole Redux: The 9/11 Military Commission Plea Withdrawal

Legal Black Hole Redux: The 9/11 Military Commission Plea Withdrawal When a military commander makes a bad call, or a series of them, they are typically relieved of the duty pursuant to which the call was made. President Lincoln took this route with General George...
The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission and Gaza – How is it Involved?

The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission and Gaza – How is it Involved?

The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission and Gaza – How is it Involved? On 20 June 2024, the government of the Republic of Poland signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC) regarding the...