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Liisi Adamson
| Dec 31, 2024 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Policy, Targeting
Year in Review – 2024 2024 was defined by a landscape of intensifying conflicts, continuous technological advancements (see here and here), and evolving debates over the application of the law of armed conflict (LOAC). The persistent war in Ukraine, the volatile...
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Juan Felipe Idrovo Romo,
Hugo Cahueñas
| Dec 30, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Law of Armed Conflict
Criminal Groups as Parties to Non-International Armed Conflicts: The Standard of the Constitutional Court of Ecuador Editors’ note: This post builds upon the authors’ article-length work, “Is Ecuador Facing a Non-International Armed Conflict Against Organized Crime...
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Benjamin R. Farley,
Alka Pradhan
| Dec 27, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Searching for a Practical Legal Test for the End of Non-International Armed Conflicts Editors’ note: This post is drawn from the authors’ article-length work, “Establishing a Practical Test for the End of Non-International Armed Conflict” appearing in the...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Dec 24, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Killing General Kirillov: Questions and Answers On December 17, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defense Forces, and his assistant were killed in a bomb explosion outside his Moscow apartment building. The bomb...
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Marten Zwanenburg,
Johanna Trittenbach
| Dec 23, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Policy, Weapons Law
Dutch District Court Judgment on Military Support to and Trade with Israel On Friday 13 December 2024, the District Court of the Hague handed down its judgment in a torts case related to the Netherlands’ military support to and trade cooperation with Israel. Al-Haq...
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Noël Mfuranzima
| Dec 23, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Jus post Bellum as a Key to Sustainable Peace after War Editors’ note: This post is based on the author’s article-length work, “Jus post bellum: Scope and Assessment of the Applicable Legal Framework” in the International Review of the Red Cross. International...