Understanding the Distinction Between Property Destruction Governed by Hague Article 23(g) and the Rules Governing Attacks

Understanding the Distinction Between Property Destruction Governed by Hague Article 23(g) and the Rules Governing Attacks

by | Nov 6, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Occupation, Targeting

Understanding the Distinction Between Property Destruction Governed by Hague Article 23(g) and the Rules Governing Attacks This analysis follows my prior post explaining the obligations imposed by Article 23(g) of the Hague Regulations of 1907, annexed to Hague...
Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – Why Yahya Sinwar Was Not Hors de Combat

Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – Why Yahya Sinwar Was Not Hors de Combat

by , | Nov 1, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting, Wounded and Sick

Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – Why Yahya Sinwar Was Not Hors de Combat On or about October 17, 2024, members of the Israel Defense Force (IDF) killed Yahya Sinwar, the political leader of Hamas and a suspected mastermind behind the October 7, 2023 attack that...
Hybrid Threats and Grey Zone Conflict Symposium – Challenges in the Twilight of International Law

Hybrid Threats and Grey Zone Conflict Symposium – Challenges in the Twilight of International Law

by | Oct 30, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Hybrid Threats and Grey Zone Conflict Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting

Hybrid Threats and Grey Zone Conflict Symposium – Challenges in the Twilight of International Law Editors note: The following post highlights a chapter that appears in Mitt Regan and Aurel Sari’s recently published book Hybrid Threats and Grey Zone Conflict: The...
Electronic Warfare and the Law of Armed Conflict

Electronic Warfare and the Law of Armed Conflict

by , | Oct 28, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting

Electronic Warfare and the Law of Armed Conflict Earlier this year, we had the pleasure of participating in the “Future of Warfare and the Law Symposium” at U.S. Army Futures Command in Austin, Texas. The conference, which was co-sponsored by Army Futures Command, the...
Attacking a Pipeline: Legal Issues for Consideration

Attacking a Pipeline: Legal Issues for Consideration

by | Oct 25, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Law of Armed Conflict, State Responsibility, Targeting

Attacking a Pipeline: Legal Issues for Consideration Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 are pipelines constructed by a Russian State-controlled company called Gazprom to transport 110 billion cubic metres of natural gas per year from the Russian Federation under the...
Ukraine Symposium – Dragon Drones and the Law of Armed Conflict

Ukraine Symposium – Dragon Drones and the Law of Armed Conflict

by , | Oct 23, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium

Ukraine Symposium – Dragon Drones and the Law of Armed Conflict In early September, social media users uploaded videos depicting a Ukrainian drone spewing a burning substance along a dense tree line, allegedly where Russian troops were hiding (see here, here, here,...