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Rob McLaughlin
| May 20, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Maritime
Attack on the MV Conscience: Issues Related to Blockade Law The MV Conscience is reportedly a Palau-flagged “passenger vessel” currently operated for a nongovernmental organization (NGO) called the “Freedom Flotilla Coalition.” The coalition, also called the Gaza...
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Robert Kolb
| May 19, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
International Humanitarian Law and the Law of Treaties The International Law Commission has codified the law of treaties under the benevolent assumption that the drafting and implementation of all treaties, of whatever type, should follow the rules adopted in the 1969...
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Winona Xu
| May 16, 2025 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, State Responsibility
Prosecuting Rwanda for Aggression in the DRC: Legal Feasibility and Challenges Rwandan involvement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been reported in two principal forms: first, direct intervention by Rwandan State forces across the border; and second,...
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Michael N. Schmitt,
Alexander Hernandez
| May 14, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
“Active” Human Shielding and the Law of Armed Conflict To counter Israel Defense Force (IDF) superiority, Hamas long ago adopted the strategy of human shielding, one widely condemned as unlawful (see, e.g., here, here, and here). But reports have also emerged...
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Martin Fink
| May 13, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Maritime, Occupation
Carving Up Ukraine: What About the Azov Sea? Among other things, the ongoing negotiations to end hostilities in the Russia-Ukraine War include a maritime ceasefire agreement for halting hostilities in the Black Sea. At this stage, no publicly available details exist...
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Nicholas Tsagourias
| May 12, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, State Responsibility, Use of Force
Can Israel Target Iran in Response to Houthi Attacks? Exploring the Threshold of “Substantial Involvement” Following the Houthi missile attack on Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday, May 4, 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retaliate not only against...
