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Françoise Hampson
| Jul 1, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Human Rights, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
The Relationship Between the Law of Armed Conflict and International Human Rights Law This is the first of two posts on two specific aspects of the relationship between the law of armed conflict (LOAC) and international human rights law (HRsL). This post deals with...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Jun 27, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Policy, Weapons Law
Déjà Vu: International Landmine Law and the New U.S. Landmine Policy Following a “comprehensive policy review,” the Biden Administration announced significant changes to U.S. Anti-Personnel Landmine (APL) policy on June 21, 2022. The new policy reverses most aspects...
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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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Raul (Pete) Pedrozo
| May 31, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Law of Neutrality, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Is the Law of Neutrality Dead? The 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict has rekindled the debate about the validity of qualified neutrality during an international armed conflict. The concept is sometimes also referred to as benevolent neutrality....
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Matthew Waxman
| May 27, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
The Law of Armed Conflict in 2040 In the summer of 2020, the Lieber Institute team and I convened a workshop at West Point titled “LOAC 2040.” We invited a group of law of armed conflict (LOAC) scholars and practitioners from around the world, and with a range of...
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Ronald Alcala
| May 13, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – The Ukraine Conflict and the Future of Digital Cultural Property Various international instruments explicitly provide for the protection of cultural property in armed conflict. As conceived, the law was formulated to protect physical works...
