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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...
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Geoff Corn
| Mar 3, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Detention, History of LOAC, Law of Armed Conflict, Occupation, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Prisoners of War in Occupied Territory It seems increasingly likely that the international armed conflict raging in Ukraine will devolve into a partial Russian occupation of large portions of Ukrainian territory. President Putin may very well declare annexation—or...
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Ronald Alcala,
Steve Szymanski
| Feb 28, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Detention, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Legal Status of Ukraine’s Resistance Forces In the lead up to Russia’s invasion, Ukraine prepared to defend its territory by, among other things, training its citizens to serve as a “resistance in waiting.” The extent to which these resistance forces have engaged...
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Steve Szymanski,
Chris Koschnitzky
| Jan 24, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Detention, Law of Armed Conflict, LOAC History
Afghanistan 2021: Reflections from the Stockton Center for International Law’s Workshop Despite over twenty years of legal analysis, many issues regarding the Afghanistan conflict remain unsettled. At a recent Stockton Center for International Law law of armed...
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Dan E. Stigall
| Sep 2, 2021 | AoW Posts, Blog, Detention
Counterterrorism, Investigative Detention, and the New Global Security Environment The images of Afghan civilians clinging to crowded military planes departing Afghanistan as the Taliban reclaimed Kabul are the iconic indicia of a tectonic shift in the global security...
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Dan E. Stigall
| Mar 24, 2021 | AoW Posts, Detention, Justice for Syria, Topics
Battlefield Detention, Counterterrorism, and Future Conflicts Editor’s note: The following post is part of the Articles of War Symposium on Beth Van Schaack’s book, Imagining Justice for Syria. The symposium offers a platform for the contributing experts to carry the...
