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Sean Watts,
Joshua F. Berry
| Dec 22, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog
Articles of War Editorial Board Changes Managing Editor We are pleased to congratulate Professor Jenny Maddocks on joining the faculty of the University of Reading School of Law. She will fit perfectly with the already formidable team of international law scholars at...
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Robert Kolb
| Dec 19, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
International Humanitarian Law as Jus Cogens International peremptory norms have received a variety of definitions and constructions. The definition relevant to the law of treaties states: a peremptory norm is such if it cannot be derogated from by a special legal...
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Sean Watts
| Dec 17, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
Prisoner of War Repatriation and Interpretive Choice – Part III: A Lesson from Military History? Parts I and II of this three-part post outlined the legal framework applicable to post-war repatriation of prisoners of war and highlighted two prominent fault lines...
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Sean Watts
| Dec 16, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
Prisoner of War Repatriation and Interpretive Choice – Part II: Involuntary Post-War Repatriation Part I of this three-part post outlined the law of war applicable to post-war repatriation of prisoners of war. It further recounted how questions concerning...
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Sean Watts
| Dec 15, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
Prisoner of War Repatriation and Interpretive Choice – Part I: The Legal Framework and Reciprocity Prisoner of war repatriations have long been thorny, contentious post-war affairs. Disputes over their timing, scope, and implementation have routinely threatened...
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Tobias Vestner,
Nicolò Borgesano
| Dec 12, 2025 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber, Weapons Law
Legal Reviews of War Algorithms: From Cyber Weapons to AI Systems States are obliged to conduct legal reviews of new weapons, means, and methods of warfare. Legal reviews of artificial intelligence (AI) systems pose significant legal and practical challenges due to...
