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Dario Pronesti,
Jeroen van den Boogaard
| Mar 20, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium, Weapons Law
Ukraine Symposium – Landmines and the War in Ukraine Human Rights Watch has documented the use of both anti-vehicle and anti-personnel landmines in Ukraine. Following reports that Ukraine is using anti-personnel landmines (APLs) in violation of the Ottawa Convention,...
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Ronald Alcala
| Feb 13, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Emerging Technologies, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium, Weapons Law
Ukraine Symposium – Field-Modified Weapons under the Law of War Combatants in armed conflict may choose to modify weapons in the field for a variety of reasons. They may modify them to improve their reliability. They may alter them to increase their range or accuracy....
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Michael W. Meier
| Dec 27, 2022 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Responsible AI Symposium, Weapons Law
Responsible AI Symposium – Responsible AI and Legal Review of Weapons Editor’s note: The following post highlights a subject addressed at an expert workshop conducted by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy focusing on Responsible AI. For a general introduction to...
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Michael N. Schmitt,
William Casey Biggerstaff
| Aug 5, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting, Weapons Law
The al-Zawahiri Strike and the Law of Armed Conflict Just after daybreak on July 31, the United States killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden’s former deputy and the current leader of al-Qaeda. Two Hellfire missiles struck him on the balcony of his home in Kabul....
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Michael W. Meier
| Jul 20, 2022 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Humanitarian Protection, Law of Armed Conflict, Weapons Law
A New Political Declaration on Civilian Harm: Progress or Mythical Panacea? On June 17, against a backdrop of the Russian invasion of Ukraine that has now killed or wounded over 11,000 civilians in a little more than four months, a group of States, the International...
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Ashley Deeks
| Jul 14, 2022 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Emerging Technologies, Law of Armed Conflict, Weapons Law
Coding the Law of Armed Conflict: First Steps [Editor’s note: The following post highlights a subject addressed in the Lieber Studies volume The Future Law of Armed Conflict, which was published 27 May 2022. For a general introduction to this volume, see Professor...
