Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium – Detention in Non-International Armed Conflict

Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium – Detention in Non-International Armed Conflict

Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium – Detention in Non-International Armed Conflict 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...
Rebellious Detention: Reflections on the ICRC Study on Detention by Non-State Armed Groups

Rebellious Detention: Reflections on the ICRC Study on Detention by Non-State Armed Groups

Rebellious Detention: Reflections on the ICRC Study on Detention by Non-State Armed Groups Editor’s note: We are delighted to publish this post on the subject of armed groups by Dr. Ezequiel Heffes. In addition to being a valued contributor to Articles of War,...
Lieber Studies POW Volume Symposium – Military Assimilation and the Third Geneva Convention

Lieber Studies POW Volume Symposium – Military Assimilation and the Third Geneva Convention

Lieber Studies POW Volume Symposium – Military Assimilation and the Third Geneva Convention Editor’s note: The following post highlights a chapter of the Lieber Studies volume Prisoners of War in Contemporary Conflict, which will be published 3 March 2023. For a...
Lieber Studies POW Volume Symposium – Prisoners of War in Contemporary Conflict

Lieber Studies POW Volume Symposium – Prisoners of War in Contemporary Conflict

Lieber Studies POW Volume Symposium – Prisoners of War in Contemporary Conflict Following the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) launch of its updated Commentary on the 1949 Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, West...
The Syrian Democratic Forces, Detained Foreign Fighters, and International Security Vulnerabilities

The Syrian Democratic Forces, Detained Foreign Fighters, and International Security Vulnerabilities

The Syrian Democratic Forces, Detained Foreign Fighters, and International Security Vulnerabilities Three-and-a-half years since the United States, its coalition partners, and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) overpowered the last redoubt of the Islamic State of Iraq...
Ukraine Symposium – Putting “Overall Control” to the Test of the Third Geneva Convention

Ukraine Symposium – Putting “Overall Control” to the Test of the Third Geneva Convention

Ukraine Symposium – Putting “Overall Control” to the Test of the Third Geneva Convention Detention is a common feature of both international and non-international armed conflicts (IAC and NIAC). Despite the increasing convergence in the regulation of the two types of...