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Justinas Žilinskas
| Aug 13, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Other Bodies of Law
When Security Prevails: Lithuania Votes to Withdraw from the Convention on Cluster Munitions Lithuania has recently voted to withdraw from the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). On July 18, 2024 the State’s Parliament adopted a “denunciation law,” which means...
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Nicholas Tsagourias
| Aug 9, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Occupation, Other Bodies of Law
The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the Court’s Discretion On July 19, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its advisory opinion (AO) on the Legal Consequences Arising From the Policies and Practices of Israel in...
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Sandesh Sivakumaran,
Christian R. Burne
| Jun 18, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Lieber Studies Making and Shaping LOAC Volume
Making and Shaping the Law of Armed Conflict: An Introduction Almost every legal question involves aspects of law-making and shaping, be it identification of a rule, interpretation of that rule, or determination of the rule’s scope of application. Disputes over the...
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Magne Frostad
| Jun 10, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force
Houthi Attacks on Merchant Vessels in the Red Sea The Red Sea has seen a rise in attacks on merchant ships since 19 October 2023. Although the number of ships having been attacked differs depending on the sources used, the number has by now at the very least exceeded...
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Alexander Wentker
| Apr 1, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
Joining in Wars Editor’s note: This post draws on the author’s paper with Miles Jackson and Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, “Identifying co-parties to armed conflict in international law: How states, international organizations and armed groups become parties to war” (2024)...
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Thomas Wheatley
| Mar 27, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force
“On the Brink”: The Geneva Conventions at 75 Editor’s note: The views expressed in this post are those of the author and not necessarily those of the ICRC, HLS PILAC, or other workshop participants. From March 12-13, 2024, Harvard Law School’s Program on International...
