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Timothy Boyle
| Aug 20, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Other Bodies of Law, Policy
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Charts a Course for Countering China’s Legal Warfare The threat of violence looms large behind China’s campaign of “legal warfare” and Congress is taking note. Section 1284 of the Senate’s draft Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization...
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Justinas Žilinskas
| Aug 13, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Other Bodies of Law
When Security Prevails: Lithuania Votes to Withdraw from the Convention on Cluster Munitions Lithuania has recently voted to withdraw from the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). On July 18, 2024 the State’s Parliament adopted a “denunciation law,” which means...
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Michael Kelly
| Aug 12, 2024 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Other Bodies of Law, Policy
Legal Black Hole Redux: The 9/11 Military Commission Plea Withdrawal When a military commander makes a bad call, or a series of them, they are typically relieved of the duty pursuant to which the call was made. President Lincoln took this route with General George...
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Nicholas Tsagourias
| Aug 9, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Occupation, Other Bodies of Law
The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the Court’s Discretion On July 19, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its advisory opinion (AO) on the Legal Consequences Arising From the Policies and Practices of Israel in...
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Sarah Fuhrman
| Aug 6, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Human Rights, Humanitarian Protection, Other Bodies of Law, Policy
Food Security Assessments and International Law Food security remains an urgent and widespread global issue, with an estimated 281.6 million people in 59 countries or territories facing acute food insecurity in 2023. For nearly half of those people, conflict was the...
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Angeline Lewis
| Jul 30, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Law of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium, LOAC History, Other Bodies of Law
Laws of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium – Rules and “Right” in Iban Laws of War Editor’s note: The following post highlights a chapter that appears in Samuel White’s third edited volume of Laws of Yesterday’s Wars published with Brill. For a general introduction to...
