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Yaël Ronen
| May 20, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Occupation, Other Bodies of Law
Abu ‘Aram: Displacement of Persons, Displacement of Law On May 4, 2022, Israel’s Supreme Court sitting as High Court of Justice handed down its decision in HCJ 413/13 Abu ‘Aram v. The Minister of Defense. This decision granted the Israeli military authorities...
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Katharine Fortin
| Mar 22, 2022 | AoW Posts, Law of Armed Conflict, Occupation, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Abducting Dissent: Kidnapping Public Officials in Occupied Ukraine In the last two weeks, it has been reported that Russian occupying forces have abducted up to three Ukrainian mayors with new mayors installed in their place. On Friday 11 March, it was reported that...
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David Wallace,
Shane Reeves
| Mar 11, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Occupation, Targeting, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Levée en Masse in Ukraine: Applications, Implications, and Open Questions On February 24, 2022, facing an existential threat, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree ordering a general mobilization to defend Ukraine against a Russian invasion. Posted on the...
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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...
