by Samuel White, Jonathan Kwik, Dora Velenczei | Jun 8, 2026 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
AI-on-AI Perfidy and the Law of Armed Conflict Picture the following scenario: a forward-deployed artificial intelligence (AI) enabled surveillance platform detects a convoy moving along a contested highway at dusk. Its classification system flags the convoy as...
by Marina Sharpe | Jun 5, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Humanitarian Assistance in International Law and the Distinction Between Preventive Assistance and Emergency Relief in Armed Conflict Editors’ note: This post highlights work from the author’s forthcoming book, Humanitarian Assistance in International Law, published...
by Alice Edwards | Jun 3, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Prosecuting Wartime Sexual Torture: The Uneven Trajectory of International Jurisprudence Sexual violence in armed conflict is rarely the product of a few undisciplined soldiers. In today’s major wars, it is frequently deployed as a deliberate method of domination,...
by Oded Hen | May 29, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Are Evacuation Orders Unlawful Under International Law? A Case Study of Southern Lebanon Recent commentaries have characterized evacuation orders in contemporary armed conflicts, including those of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in southern Lebanon, as forcible...
by Mark Lattimer | May 18, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Dual-Use Objects and Dual-Purpose Attacks Editors’ note: This post highlights work in the author’s recent chapter, “Objective and Subjective Tests for Determining Violations of the Law of Targeting: The Unreasonable Commander and the Guilty Mind,” appearing in Volume...
by Alina-Camille Berdefy, Martha M. Bradley, Stuart Casey-Maslen, Juliette Graf, Marnie Lloydd | May 15, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Law of Armed Conflict
Haiti’s Gang Violence and the Armed Conflict Threshold: An IHL Analysis Haiti’s armed violence and humanitarian crisis remain acute. Armed gangs control significant territory, reportedly perpetrating killings, sexual violence, and child exploitation. In 2025 alone,...