by Pnina Sharvit Baruch | Sep 20, 2022
The Israeli Unlawful Combatants Law Turns Twenty Twenty years ago, in 2002, Israel enacted the Law on Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants (UCL or “the Law”). The UCL aimed to provide a basis in domestic legislation, in conformity with international law, for...
by Hanne Cuyckens | May 16, 2022
Foreign Fighters: The Terrorism/IHL Conundrum and the Need for Cumulative Prosecution The attack launched by ISIS on 20 January 2022 against the Al-Sina’a Prison in Al-Hasakah, an area situated in North-Eastern Syria and currently under the authority of the...
by Ken Watkin | Mar 8, 2022
Special Forces, Unprivileged Belligerency, and the War in the Shadows The February 24, 2022 invasion of Ukraine resulted in news reports of fear in the streets of Kyiv as Ukrainian forces engaged in “a frantic hunt for spies and traitors,” as well as saboteurs and...
by Thomas Van Poecke, Frank Verbruggen, Ward Yperman | Feb 24, 2022
Terrorist Offences and IHL: The Armed Conflict Exclusion Clause In our current article in the International Review of the Red Cross, we discuss the so-called “armed conflict exclusion clause” (also known as an “international humanitarian law (IHL) exclusion clause” or...
by Robert Lawless | Feb 18, 2022
The U.S. Legal Obligation to Take Precautions to Minimize Civilian Harm U.S. Special Forces recently conducted a raid against the residence of the Islamic State’s leader. President Biden and other U.S. Department of Defense officials ordered a ground operation rather...
by Shiri Krebs | Feb 11, 2022
Through the Drone Looking Glass: Visualization Technologies and Military Decision-Making On 29 August 2021, the U.S. military launched its last drone strike in Afghanistan before American troops withdrew from the country. The strike targeted a white Toyota Corolla...
