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Tara Brown
| Aug 5, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Space Law, Targeting
Can Starlink Satellites Be Lawfully Targeted? In an earlier post, I discussed the special attribution regime in Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty (OST) and the risk of activities of commercial actors drawing States into existing armed conflicts. This analysis...
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Stavros Pantazopoulos
| Aug 4, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
The ILC Draft Principles on Protection of the Environment in Armed Conflict Introduction After almost a decade working on the topic “Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts” (PERAC), the UN International Law Commission (ILC) adopted on second...
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William Casey Biggerstaff
| Aug 3, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Other Bodies of Law
The Defense Production Act: Assessing the Ukraine Arms Shortage As Ukraine continues to defy early predictions of how long it can resist Russia’s invading forces, Ukraine’s partners are facing a growing dilemma. Supplies of arms and munitions critical to Ukraine’s...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Aug 2, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Forced Civilian Labor in Occupied Territory On July 27, the Institute for the Study of War reported that “Russian occupation officials are likely leveraging food aid and other humanitarian assistance to force occupied populations to cooperate...
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Matteo Winkler
| Aug 2, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Human Rights, Law of Armed Conflict
A Queer Eye on the Law of Armed Conflict Author’s note: This post reflects a presentation given at the twenty-second congress of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War (ISMLLW) held in Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, between May 10 and 14, 2022...
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Veronica Glick,
David Simon
| Jul 29, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber, Use of Force
Cyber Symposium – The Private Sector View on Use of Force Editor’s note: The following post highlights a subject addressed in the symposium entitled The Evolving Face of Cyber Conflict and International Law: A Futurespective presented by the Lieber Institute for...
