by Russell Buchan, Nicholas Tsagourias | Dec 14, 2021
Hacking International Organizations: The Role of Privileges and Immunities International organizations (IOs) collect vast quantities of information as part of their daily activities. Depending on the organization’s mandate, this information can relate to the...
by Kurt Sanger, Peter Pascucci | Dec 10, 2021
Hays Parks’s Influence on Cyberspace Operations Capabilities The recent Articles of War series honoring Hays Parks was a fitting tribute to a great American lawyer that reintroduced his work to the military legal community and its newest generations. The series...
by Yoram Dinstein | Dec 6, 2021
Legal Advisers in the Field during Armed Conflict [Editor’s Note: This post is based on Professor Dinstein’s recent article published in International Law Studies, vol. 97 (2021), pp. 917-936.] Legal advisers are supposed to be attached to military commanders...
by Richard Salomon | Dec 3, 2021
Occupation Resistance, War-Rebels, and the Lieber Code The origin of the codified law of belligerent occupation is often traced to the Hague Regulations of 1899 (updated in 1907). However, the Lieber Code of 1863 laid important and underappreciated legal groundwork...
by Yvette Zegenhagen, Michael Meyer | Nov 22, 2021
Improving Compliance with IHL: A Long-Term Enterprise It is difficult to talk about the mission and mandate of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (the Movement) without talking about international humanitarian law (IHL) and vice-versa. The two are...
by Craig Jones | Nov 22, 2021
Legal Advice in Modern Aerial Warfare Military lawyers play an increasingly vital role in lethal (and non-lethal) targeting operations. Although their involvement is operationally and geographically provisional, legal advice is transforming the way that contemporary...
