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Jason D. Young
| Apr 21, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Rules of Engagement, Targeting
Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan: Observations from a Combat Training Center The August 25, 2022 publication of the Department of Defense Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan (CHMR-AP) generated debate about whether it is capable of being...
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Ezequiel Heffes
| Apr 17, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Detention, Human Rights, Law of Armed Conflict
Rebellious Detention: Reflections on the ICRC Study on Detention by Non-State Armed Groups Editor’s note: We are delighted to publish this post on the subject of armed groups by Dr. Ezequiel Heffes. In addition to being a valued contributor to Articles of War,...
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Lindsay Freeman
| Apr 14, 2023 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber, Law of Armed Conflict, State Responsibility, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Accountability for Cyber War Crimes In our digitally connected and technology-dependent world, cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure such as electric power grids, water treatment facilities, and industrial control systems have far-reaching...
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Steven van de Put
| Apr 10, 2023 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict, State Responsibility
The Dutch Chora Judgment: Ex-Gratia Payments and Compensation Recently, a Dutch district court in The Hague delivered its judgment concerning claims arising from a 2007 battle in Chora, Afghanistan. Whereas an earlier post by Marten Zwanenburg reviewed the judgment...
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Gabriella Blum
| Apr 5, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
The Shadow of Success: How International Criminal Law Has Come to Shape the Battlefield The rise of international criminal law (ICL) and its expansion in the past few decades has been celebrated as one of the greatest achievements of modern international law,...
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Welmoet Wels
| Mar 28, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict, LOAC History
Dead Bodies of War in Legal-Historical Context “We have come for the bodies of the slain, wishing to bury them in observance of the universal law ….” Euripides, The Suppliants, ca. 423 BCE[i] Since the early days of the war between Ukraine and Russia, there have been...
