Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium – Legal Considerations Before and During LSCOs

Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium – Legal Considerations Before and During LSCOs

by , | May 24, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict

Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium – Legal Considerations Before and During LSCOs Editor’s note: The following post highlights a subject addressed during an expert workshop that the Lieber Institute co-convened alongside Harvard Law School’s Program on...
The Place of Judge Advocates on the Next Battlefield

The Place of Judge Advocates on the Next Battlefield

by , | May 19, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict

The Place of Judge Advocates on the Next Battlefield President Biden refers to the current decade as “the decisive decade” in the National Security Strategy (NSS). Consistent with the NSS, the National Defense Strategy (NDS) articulates the Department of Defense...
Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium – Introduction

Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium – Introduction

by , | May 8, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Conflict Classification, Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict, Law of Neutrality, Targeting

Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium – Introduction Editor’s note: The views expressed in this post are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the ICRC, HLS PILAC, or other workshop participants. Large-scale combat operations (LSCOs) involve widespread,...
Future Conflicts, Civilian Harm, and the CHMR-AP – Part II

Future Conflicts, Civilian Harm, and the CHMR-AP – Part II

by | May 5, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict

Future Conflicts, Civilian Harm, and the CHMR-AP – Part II Editor’s note: The first post in the two-part series illustrated the emerging “information environment” of modern warfare into which the DoD CHMR-AP will be launched. This second post addresses how...
Future Conflicts, Civilian Harm, and the CHMR-AP – Part I

Future Conflicts, Civilian Harm, and the CHMR-AP – Part I

by | May 3, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict, Rules of Engagement

Future Conflicts, Civilian Harm, and the CHMR-AP – Part I As U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has stated, mitigating civilian harm is not only a legal and moral imperative, it is also a strategic imperative. To realize these imperatives, on August 25, 2022,...
The Expert Panel’s Review of Amnesty International’s Allegations of Ukrainian IHL Violations

The Expert Panel’s Review of Amnesty International’s Allegations of Ukrainian IHL Violations

by | May 1, 2023 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Humanitarian Protection, Law of Armed Conflict

The Expert Panel’s Review of Amnesty International’s Allegations of Ukrainian IHL Violations Last week, the New York Times reported that Amnesty International (AI) “sat for months on a report critical of the group after it accused Ukrainian forces of illegally...