Interning a Hacker

Interning a Hacker

Interning a Hacker Recently, at a workshop at Harvard Law School, I grappled with the question of internment in any international armed conflict (IAC) in the near future. It is a question some are uncomfortable with, although the concept of internment remains legally...
The So-Called Principle of Equal Treatment of Belligerents by the Neutral State

The So-Called Principle of Equal Treatment of Belligerents by the Neutral State

The So-Called Principle of Equal Treatment of Belligerents by the Neutral State Conventional legal wisdom says neutral States owe belligerents equality of treatment (see for example here, p. 282–84, here, p. 237, and here, p. 466). This is largely inaccurate, however....
Judging Battlefield Conduct

Judging Battlefield Conduct

Judging Battlefield Conduct Editors’ note: This post is based on the author’s article-length work, “The Rule of Law in Armed Conflict” published in volume 34 of the Minnesota Journal of International Law (2025). The rule of law is an appraisal concept that purports to...
Ukraine Symposium – Ukraine’s New Voluntary Report on the Implementation of IHL

Ukraine Symposium – Ukraine’s New Voluntary Report on the Implementation of IHL

Ukraine Symposium – Ukraine’s New Voluntary Report on the Implementation of IHL In late 2024, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (MoDU) joined a relatively small but growing family of States that has published voluntary reports on implementation of international...
Assessing the Ottawa Anti-Personnel Mine Convention Withdrawals

Assessing the Ottawa Anti-Personnel Mine Convention Withdrawals

Assessing the Ottawa Anti-Personnel Mine Convention Withdrawals As security along their borders has deteriorated, Eastern European, Baltic, and Nordic States have scrambled to update and adapt their national defense strategies. Nearly all these States have publicly...
Israel-Hamas 2025 Symposium – Humanitarian Relief as a Bargaining Chip

Israel-Hamas 2025 Symposium – Humanitarian Relief as a Bargaining Chip

Israel-Hamas 2025 Symposium – Humanitarian Relief as a Bargaining Chip Questions concerning the use of the starvation of civilians as a method of warfare have been discussed at length over the course of the past 536 days of war in the Gaza Strip. Some have submitted...