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Mateusz Piatkowski
| Jun 21, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Military Markings and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles The duty to distinguish oneself from non-combatants and civilians (e.g., by wearing a uniform or distinctive emblem) is a characteristic of every domain of warfare, including the aerial environment. In naval and air...
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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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Michael N. Schmitt
| Feb 2, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Law of Armed Conflict, LOAC History, Targeting
Attacking Dams – Part II: The 1977 Additional Protocols A recent New York Times report of a 2017 attack by U.S. forces against the Tabqa Dam in Syria has sparked controversy and criticism. In Part I of this series, I described reports of that incident and...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Jan 7, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, History of LOAC, Interpretation & Development, LOAC History
Embracing LOAC Pluralism Although the prospect of war remains, the end of two decades of active hostilities affords the United States and its partners the breathing room to rethink their approaches to developing and interpreting the law of armed conflict (LOAC). In...
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Richard Salomon
| Dec 3, 2021 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Occupation
Occupation Resistance, War-Rebels, and the Lieber Code The origin of the codified law of belligerent occupation is often traced to the Hague Regulations of 1899 (updated in 1907). However, the Lieber Code of 1863 laid important and underappreciated legal groundwork...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Oct 15, 2021 | AoW Posts, Blog, Hays Parks Symposium, History of LOAC
Assassination in the Law of War Few lawyers better appreciated the importance of terminological precision than my late friend and law of war colleague, Hays Parks. Over three decades ago, he turned his attention to assassination. This post builds on his work by...
