GC IV Commentary Series – The Role of Principles in IHL

GC IV Commentary Series – The Role of Principles in IHL

by | Oct 21, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, GC IV Commentary Series, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict

GC IV Commentary Series – The Role of Principles in IHL Editors’ note: The following series considers ICRC’s 2025 updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention. Rosa-Lena Lauterbach, Liisi Adamson, and Sean Watts’s introduction to the series is available here....
PSYOP Defection Messages, Amnesty, and the Law of Armed Conflict

PSYOP Defection Messages, Amnesty, and the Law of Armed Conflict

by | Oct 20, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict

PSYOP Defection Messages, Amnesty, and the Law of Armed Conflict Calls to defect can save lives. When they promise amnesty, legal review must extend from the words broadcast to the authority behind them and the institutions expected to perform them. This post explores...
Hollow Control: Cyber Compromise and Human Judgment in Lethal Autonomous Weapons – Part II

Hollow Control: Cyber Compromise and Human Judgment in Lethal Autonomous Weapons – Part II

by , | Oct 19, 2026 | Accountability, AI, AoW Posts, Blog

Hollow Control: Cyber Compromise and Human Judgment in Lethal Autonomous Weapons – Part II The danger that cyber compromises pose to lethal autonomous weapons (LAWS) is that operators can make the right decision based on false information. Humans may remain in command...
GC IV Commentary Series – Reprisals in NIACs: What Is the Commentary’s Take?

GC IV Commentary Series – Reprisals in NIACs: What Is the Commentary’s Take?

by | Oct 16, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, GC IV Commentary Series, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict

GC IV Commentary Series – Reprisals in NIACs: What Is the Commentary’s Take? Editors’ note: The following series considers ICRC’s 2025 updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention. Rosa-Lena Lauterbach, Liisi Adamson, and Sean Watts’s introduction to the series...
Military Microreactors and the Law of Targeting

Military Microreactors and the Law of Targeting

by | Oct 15, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Targeting

Military Microreactors and the Law of Targeting A future military base may not only rely on diesel generators, vulnerable grids, and exposed fuel convoys for energy. It may instead be powered by a small nuclear reactor integrated into AI-enabled command nodes,...
GC IV Commentary Series – Navigating the Complexities of Common Article 3

GC IV Commentary Series – Navigating the Complexities of Common Article 3

by , | Oct 14, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, GC IV Commentary Series, Law of Armed Conflict

GC IV Commentary Series – Navigating the Complexities of Common Article 3 Editors’ note: The following series considers ICRC’s 2025 updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention. Rosa-Lena Lauterbach, Liisi Adamson, and Sean Watts’s introduction to the series is...