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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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Robert Lawless
| Mar 21, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Are Mercenaries in Ukraine? Reports suggest both Russia and Ukraine are recruiting and supplementing forces in ways that potentially implicate international legal rules related to mercenaries. This post, after surveying media reports of mercenaries in Ukraine,...
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Adam Oler
| Mar 21, 2022 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Humanitarian Protection, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Portending Genocide in Ukraine? As Russian forces continue their brutal invasion of Ukraine, worrisome signs are emerging about the prospect of genocide. While the term is used rather freely in the media, the prospect of actual genocide returning to Europe for the...
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Diane Marie Amann
| Mar 18, 2022 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Time for a New War Crimes Commission? The shock of invasion remains fresh and raw. And yet it must cede room for new shocks, for the quotidian tremors caused by reports that Russian troops have shelled homes and maternity hospitals, dropped cluster bombs on schools,...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Mar 18, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Law of Neutrality, Rules of Engagement, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
A No-Fly Zone over Ukraine and International Law In an impassioned address to the U.S. Congress on March 16, Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, asked the United States for additional military assistance, including the establishment of a no-fly zone. This is a...
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Ruvi Ziegler
| Mar 17, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Human Rights, Humanitarian Protection, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Displacement from Conflict: Old Realities, New Protections? Globally, conflicts are the main source of both internal and cross-border displacement. The conflict prompted by Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine, which is a considerable escalation from the original...
