International Humanitarian Law and the Law of Treaties
by Robert Kolb | May 19, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
International Humanitarian Law and the Law of Treaties The International Law Commission has codified the law of treaties under the benevolent assumption that the drafting and implementation of all treaties, of whatever type, should follow the rules adopted in the 1969...
Judging Battlefield Conduct
by Hitoshi Nasu | Apr 7, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Judging Battlefield Conduct Editors’ note: This post is based on the author’s article-length work, “The Rule of Law in Armed Conflict” published in volume 34 of the Minnesota Journal of International Law (2025). The rule of law is an appraisal concept that purports to...
Laws of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium – Conclusion
by Samuel White | Aug 14, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Law of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium
Laws of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium – Conclusion Although a much wider analysis is possible (and is done elsewhere) I thought it important to highlight the uniting factor that has emerged so far in the various posts in Articles of War based on three volumes of the Laws...
Laws of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium – Mongol Laws of War
by Samuel White | Aug 7, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Law of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium
Laws of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium – Mongol Laws of War Editor’s note: The following post highlights a chapter that appears in Samuel White’s third edited volume of Laws of Yesterday’s Wars published with Brill. For a general introduction to the series, see Dr Samuel...
Laws of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium – South Sudanese Laws of War
by Marco Chol Ayat, Ruben SP Valfredo, Justin Monyping Ater | Aug 5, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Law of Armed Conflict, Law of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium
Laws of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium – South Sudanese Laws of War Editor’s note: The following post highlights a chapter that appears in Samuel White’s third edited volume of Laws of Yesterday’s Wars published with Brill. For a general introduction to the series,...