by Matt Montazzoli | Jan 19, 2021
Lessons for Legal Advisors from the Brereton Report International humanitarian law practitioners and scholars have justifiably dedicated attention to the recent report of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Inspector General into allegations of violations of the law of...
by Durward Johnson, Michael N. Schmitt | Dec 22, 2020
The Duty to Investigate War Crimes On November 19, 2020, a report of the Australian Defence Force’s Inspector-General was released following a four-year investigation into allegations of unlawful killings and mistreatment of non-combatants and persons...
by Jeffrey S. Thurnher | Dec 2, 2020
Mercenaries on the Battlefield: What Legal Advisors Must Know Mercenaries … are useless and dangerous. And if a prince holds on to his state by means of mercenary armies, he will never be stable or secure… — Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince Mercenaries have been...
by Shane Reeves, Sean Watts | Nov 24, 2020
Military Considerations and the Ntaganda “Attack” Question This post concludes our series featuring the International Criminal Court’s recent hearings on the legal notion of “attack.” As co-editors-in-chief, we wish to extend our sincere gratitude...
by Agnieszka Jachec-Neale | Nov 19, 2020
The Unintended Consequences of International Court Decisions In response to a prosecution appeal in the case of The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda, the International Criminal Court (ICC) is currently considering the meaning of “attack” under the Rome Statute. The...
by Eian Katz, Milena Sterio, Jonathan Worboys | Nov 17, 2020
“Attacks” against Hospitals and Cultural Property: Broad in Time, Broad in Substance On behalf of the Public International Law and Policy Group (PILPG), we recently filed an amicus curiae brief with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the appellate case...
