Can AI Teach Itself to Abuse IHL-Protected Indicators?

Can AI Teach Itself to Abuse IHL-Protected Indicators?

by , | Dec 5, 2025 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict

Can AI Teach Itself to Abuse IHL-Protected Indicators? In war, there is every incentive to deceive. Thousands of years ago, humans learnt that misleading the enemy, dissimulating one’s intentions, and misrepresenting the truth often led to tangible tactical and...
Tripwires to Trojans: Updating the Law of Booby-traps for the Digital Age

Tripwires to Trojans: Updating the Law of Booby-traps for the Digital Age

by | Dec 3, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber, Weapons Law

Tripwires to Trojans: Updating the Law of Booby-traps for the Digital Age Articles of War has featured discussion of the law of armed conflict (LOAC) rules concerning booby-traps (see, e.g., here, here, here, and here). All have been based in the land domain. I am...
The ICJ Obligations of Israel Advisory Opinion – Qualifying Israel as an Occupying Power in the Gaza Strip

The ICJ Obligations of Israel Advisory Opinion – Qualifying Israel as an Occupying Power in the Gaza Strip

by | Dec 2, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, ICJ Obligations of Israel Advisory Opinion, Occupation

The ICJ Obligations of Israel Advisory Opinion – Qualifying Israel as an Occupying Power in the Gaza Strip Editors’ note: This post is part of a series featuring analysis of the 2025 International Court of Justice advisory opinion on obligations of Israel in and in...
Reservations in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Validity

Reservations in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Validity

by | Dec 1, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict

Reservations in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Validity Twenty-three States have appended some declarations when ratifying or acceding to the 1949 Geneva Conventions (GCs). Not all these declarations embody reservations. According to the law of treaties, the...
Belligerent Reprisals Series – Concluding Thoughts

Belligerent Reprisals Series – Concluding Thoughts

by | Nov 28, 2025 | AoW Posts, Belligerent Reprisals Series, Blog, Policy

Belligerent Reprisals Series – Concluding Thoughts The posts by Stuart Casey-Maslen and Veronika Bílková (in addition to previous ones written on the topic by Michael Schmitt and Lindsay Moir) have shed light on several aspects associated with belligerent reprisals,...
Belligerent Reprisals Series – Enforcement, Reciprocity, and the Elusive NIAC Dimension

Belligerent Reprisals Series – Enforcement, Reciprocity, and the Elusive NIAC Dimension

by | Nov 26, 2025 | AoW Posts, Belligerent Reprisals Series, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict

Belligerent Reprisals Series – Enforcement, Reciprocity, and the Elusive NIAC Dimension Editors’ note: This post is part of a series related to Francesco Romani’s book “Belligerent Reprisals from Enforcement to Reciprocity” published by Cambridge University Press.  ...