Ukraine Symposium – A War Crimes Primer on the Ukraine-Russia Conflict
by Sean Watts, Hitoshi Nasu | Apr 4, 2022 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – A War Crimes Primer on the Ukraine-Russia Conflict More than a month into the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, allegations of war crimes have proliferated from media, advocacy groups, international organizations, and even States....
Command Responsibility and the Ukraine Conflict
by Noëlle Quénivet | Mar 30, 2022 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Command Responsibility and the Ukraine Conflict The news on the conflict in Ukraine is replete with violations of international humanitarian law (IHL), conveying the impression that soldiers have either been ordered to commit these crimes or have been allowed to do so...
Status of Foreign Fighters in the Ukrainian Legion
by Petra Ditrichová, Veronika Bílková | Mar 15, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Detention, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Status of Foreign Fighters in the Ukrainian Legion Among other new resistance groups, Ukraine has formed an International Legion for the Defense of Ukraine (UKR Legion). There are reports that its members come from all over the world, including Canada, Japan, the...
Common Article 1 and the Conflict in Ukraine
by Marten Zwanenburg | Mar 10, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Common Article 1 and the Conflict in Ukraine The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing armed conflict raise a host of questions related to international humanitarian law (IHL). Some of these concern the legal relationship between Russia and Ukraine only. Others...
Hollywood and the Laws of War
by Eve Massingham | Feb 1, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance
Hollywood and the Laws of War Common Article 1 of Geneva Conventions of August 1949 (CA 1) imposes a legal obligation on all States, as parties to the Conventions, to respect and to ensure respect, in all circumstances, for international humanitarian law (IHL)....