Ukraine Symposium – Destructive Counter-Mobility Operations and the Law of War

Ukraine Symposium – Destructive Counter-Mobility Operations and the Law of War

Ukraine Symposium – Destructive Counter-Mobility Operations and the Law of War Decades of experience have greatly improved familiarity with, if not always fidelity to, law of war rules applicable to attacks on enemy forces. Less well appreciated is the law of...
Ukraine Symposium – Counternormativity and the International Order

Ukraine Symposium – Counternormativity and the International Order

Ukraine Symposium – Counternormativity and the International Order Aspects of the shifting world order were recently addressed during The George Washington International Law Review’s 2022 Symposium, “The State of the Nation-State in International Law,” where...
Lieber Institute White Paper: Responding to Malicious or Hostile Actions under International Law

Lieber Institute White Paper: Responding to Malicious or Hostile Actions under International Law

Lieber Institute White Paper: Responding to Malicious or Hostile Actions under International Law Recent consultations with senior legal advisers have highlighted the need for a clear map of response options available to States facing hostile or malicious actions,...
Ukraine Symposium – Defiance of Russia’s Demand to Surrender and Combatant Status

Ukraine Symposium – Defiance of Russia’s Demand to Surrender and Combatant Status

Ukraine Symposium – Defiance of Russia’s Demand to Surrender and Combatant Status Before its latest shelling of Mariupol, Russia demanded that fighters defending the city surrender, lest they face a “military tribunal.” More recently, there were rumblings that...
Ukraine Symposium – Results of a First Enquiry into Violations of International Humanitarian Law in Ukraine

Ukraine Symposium – Results of a First Enquiry into Violations of International Humanitarian Law in Ukraine

Ukraine Symposium – Results of a First Enquiry into Violations of International Humanitarian Law in Ukraine On 3 March 2022 the Moscow Mechanism of the human dimension of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) was invoked by Ukraine...
Ukraine Symposium – Cultural Property Protection in the Ukraine Conflict

Ukraine Symposium – Cultural Property Protection in the Ukraine Conflict

Ukraine Symposium – Cultural Property Protection in the Ukraine Conflict Cultural heritage is once again in the crosshairs of an invading army. The Ukrainians, while concentrating on defending their homeland and their people, have nonetheless dedicated...