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Geoff Corn
| Mar 3, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Detention, History of LOAC, Law of Armed Conflict, Occupation, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Prisoners of War in Occupied Territory It seems increasingly likely that the international armed conflict raging in Ukraine will devolve into a partial Russian occupation of large portions of Ukrainian territory. President Putin may very well declare annexation—or...
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Marco Sassòli
| Mar 3, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Occupation, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Application of IHL by and to Proxies: The “Republics” of Donetsk and Luhansk From March 2014 until 23 February 2022, Russia denied any involvement in Ukraine (other than Crimea which it has annexed). It claimed that hostilities in the Donbas were conducted by forces...
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David Wallace
| Feb 7, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, LOAC History, Occupation
Reflections on the Law of Occupation: Afghanistan and Iraq A recent New York Times article discussed, in part, the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, raising important, yet underexplored, questions about occupations under the law of armed conflict (LOAC). The...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Jan 16, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber, Law of Armed Conflict, Occupation, Targeting, Use of Force
Russian Cyber Operations and Ukraine: The Legal Framework Last week, hostile cyber operations targeted approximately 70 Ukrainian government websites, including that of the Cabinet. Affected sites included Diia, the most widely used site for handling online government...
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Richard Salomon
| Dec 3, 2021 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Occupation
Occupation Resistance, War-Rebels, and the Lieber Code The origin of the codified law of belligerent occupation is often traced to the Hague Regulations of 1899 (updated in 1907). However, the Lieber Code of 1863 laid important and underappreciated legal groundwork...
