Dual-Purpose Objects

Dual-Purpose Objects

by , | Jul 13, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting

Dual-Purpose Objects Editors’ note: This post is based on the authors’ recently published article “On the Purpose Limb of the Military Objective Test under the Law of Targeting” published in volume 64 of Military Law and Law of War Review. The concept of dual-use...
War Booty in the Modern Law of Armed Conflict

War Booty in the Modern Law of Armed Conflict

by | Jul 8, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict

War Booty in the Modern Law of Armed Conflict There is an often unnoticed lexical (and, by extension, substantive) controversy over the survival of war booty under the modern law of armed conflict. Most authors concede that this long-standing institution of the law of...
Ukraine’s Attacks on Oil Infrastructure and the “War-Sustaining” Debate

Ukraine’s Attacks on Oil Infrastructure and the “War-Sustaining” Debate

by | Jul 7, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict

Ukraine’s Attacks on Oil Infrastructure and the “War-Sustaining” Debate On 16 June, Ukraine launched a drone strike on Russia’s Gazprom Neft Moscow Refinery, an oil processing facility that sources a third of the fuel supply for the Russian capital and its surrounding...
Choice of Law in the Laws of War

Choice of Law in the Laws of War

by | Jun 26, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force

Choice of Law in the Laws of War In private international law, choice of law is a critical question concerned with identifying which legal system governs a dispute involving cross-border elements. A set of principles developed to address such questions does not...
Warnings in Contemporary Conflict: Protective Measure or Source of Illegality?

Warnings in Contemporary Conflict: Protective Measure or Source of Illegality?

by , | Jun 22, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict

Warnings in Contemporary Conflict: Protective Measure or Source of Illegality? Since the beginning of March 2026, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have issued a number of evacuation orders in southern Lebanon. These orders have directed the inhabitants of villages and...
The Notions of “Non-Belligerent” and “Other States not Parties to the Conflict” in the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I

The Notions of “Non-Belligerent” and “Other States not Parties to the Conflict” in the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I

by , | Jun 15, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict

The Notions of “Non-Belligerent” and “Other States not Parties to the Conflict” in the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I The Geneva Conventions (GCs) and Additional Protocol I (AP I) include obligations for neutral States. However, the wording is not...