2023 DoD Manual Revision – The Civilian Presumption Misnomer

2023 DoD Manual Revision – The Civilian Presumption Misnomer

2023 DoD Manual Revision – The Civilian Presumption Misnomer (Editor’s note: This post is part of a series analyzing the 2023 revisions to the U.S. Department of Defense’s Law of War Manual.) The changes made to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Law of War Manual...
2023 DoD Manual Revision – A Welcome Change to the Presumption of Civilian Status

2023 DoD Manual Revision – A Welcome Change to the Presumption of Civilian Status

2023 DoD Manual Revision – A Welcome Change to the Presumption of Civilian Status (Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of posts that will analyze and assess the 2023 revisions to the U.S. Department of Defense’s Law of War Manual.) On 11 July, the...
Department of Defense Issues Update to DoD Law of War Manual on Presumption of Civilian Status and Feasible Precautions to Verify Military Objectives

Department of Defense Issues Update to DoD Law of War Manual on Presumption of Civilian Status and Feasible Precautions to Verify Military Objectives

Department of Defense Issues Update to DoD Law of War Manual on Presumption of Civilian Status and Feasible Precautions to Verify Military Objectives ​Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) released an important update to its Law of War Manual, including a revision to...
Ukraine Symposium – Russian Preliminary Objections at the ICJ: The Case Must Go On?

Ukraine Symposium – Russian Preliminary Objections at the ICJ: The Case Must Go On?

Ukraine Symposium – Russian Preliminary Objections at the ICJ: The Case Must Go On? As readers of Articles of War may recall, Ukraine instituted proceedings against Russia before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on February 26, 2022, on the basis of the...
A Plea for “Animalizing” the International Law of Armed Conflict

A Plea for “Animalizing” the International Law of Armed Conflict

A Plea for “Animalizing” the International Law of Armed Conflict Domestic, wild, or liminal, all animals are particularly vulnerable in wartime. They are often slaughtered, bombed, starved, or looted on a massive scale. When exercising war-related activities, animals...
Deficiencies and Ambiguities of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Deficiencies and Ambiguities of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Deficiencies and Ambiguities of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Touted as an effort to “reframe the debate on nuclear weapons,” the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) has currently accumulated 66 ratifications, a little over a year...