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Cochav Elkayam-Levy,
Michal Gilad,
Ilya Rudyak,
Irwin Cotler
| Mar 3, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development
The New Crime of Kinocide Editors’ note: This post is based on the work of The Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes Against Women and Children and its report “Kinocide: Uncovering the Weaponization of Families on October 7, 2023.” On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched...
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Benjamin Perrin,
Masoud Zamani
| Feb 11, 2025 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Weapons Law
The Future of Warfare: National Positions on the Governance of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems Lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS), such as drones and autonomous missile systems, are no longer a theoretical concern. Indeed, they are finding their way onto the...
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Liisi Adamson
| Dec 31, 2024 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Policy, Targeting
Year in Review – 2024 2024 was defined by a landscape of intensifying conflicts, continuous technological advancements (see here and here), and evolving debates over the application of the law of armed conflict (LOAC). The persistent war in Ukraine, the volatile...
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Anusha Pakkam
| Nov 25, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber, Interpretation & Development, Use of Force
The Evolving Interpretation of the Use of Force in Cyber Operations: Insights from State Practices Editors’ note: This post is drawn from the author’s article-length work with Professor Michael Schmitt, “Cyberspace and the Jus ad Bellum: The State of Play” appearing...
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David E. Graham
| Nov 4, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Use of Force
The Virginia-Georgetown Manual Concerning the Use of Force Under International Law: Rules and Commentaries on Jus Ad Bellum As current events so clearly demonstrate, there is no subject more fundamentally important to the maintenance of global security than that of...
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Nicholas J. Kadlec
| Oct 31, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Other Bodies of Law
Strait Talk: Time to Exercise Navigational Freedoms in the Taiwan Strait Beyond Mere Transit? Last month, a Japanese naval vessel traveled through the Taiwan Strait (the Strait), a first in the history of Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force, along with naval vessels...
