We are excited to announce that on Thursday, 22 April, Army Futures Command and the Lieber Institute for Law and Land Warfare will co-host a virtual event entitled, “The Future Character of Warfare and the Law of Armed Conflict.” The event grows out of an ongoing partnership between Army Futures Command and the Lieber Institute. […]
Modern War Institute War Council The Modern War Institute at West Point and the Lieber Institute for Law and Land Warfare are honored to host a multi-disciplinary panel on proxy warfare. The panel features: MWI fellow MAJ Alex Deep, who will discuss the operational and tactical implications of proxy actors on the battlefield; army strategist […]
Legal and Operational Reflections from the War on Terror The Lieber Institute is proud to present an engaging panel discussion between BG (ret.) Rich Gross, former Legal Counsel to the CJCS; Ms. Tracey Begley, ICRC Legal Advisor; and Mr. Dan Stigall, Deputy Chief of Staff, National Security Division, DOJ. These experts will offer their legal […]
Co-hosted by the End of War Project at Emory Law School, the Lieber Institute, and the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism at Reichman University, this roundtable will engage an interdisciplinary group of experts from law, security studies, technology and computer science, ethics, and history to explore how new and emerging technologies can be harnessed at the […]
This workshop will ground a legal examination of urban sieges in historical examples and contemporary experiences from a range of military, civilian, and humanitarian perspectives. Emphasis will be placed on discerning and evaluating international law and policy pertaining to besieging and besieged forces, civilian populations, and humanitarian actors.
The Lieber Institute for Law and Land Warfare will host its fourth annual U.S. Military Operations Course on June 8-10, 2022 at West Point, New York. The MILOPS Course is designed for those interested in learning the basics of military operations from active duty personnel. Topics discussed will include weapons capabilities, intelligence support to targeting, […]
The Tech, Law & Security Program at American University Washington College of Law, in partnership with the Lieber Institute, the Federmann Cyber Security Research Center, the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, and the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence explore recent State expressions of their views on how international law applies to cyber […]
The theme of this year’s workshop is “Making and Shaping the Law of Armed Conflict.” The workshop focuses on the forces, factors, and actors that make and shape the ever-developing law of armed conflict. The workshop will examine the roles of governments, militaries, NGOs, and non-state actors in interpreting and applying LOAC/IHL. Further, the workshop […]
Large-scale combat operations (LSCOs) involve widespread, devastating violence, usually on a vast scale, creating significant, competing demands on increasingly strained state resources. LSCOs impact significantly on civilian populations, armed forces, humanitarian actors, and the environment. Modern LSCOs may take place across all operational domains, including space and cyber. These operations are also increasingly likely to […]
The International Society for Military Law and the Law of War (ISMLLW) will conduct its 13th Seminar for Legal Advisors of the Armed Forces at the U.S. Military Academy in 2023. The central theme of this year’s Seminar is “Fault Lines in the Laws of War.” The ISMLLW event will examine fault lines in the […]
With over 196 States parties, the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 represent some of the most — and perhaps the most — widely subscribed-to treaties in history. In signing the instruments on August 12th, 1949, the Plenipotentiaries of the Governments represented at the Diplomatic Conference held at Geneva sought to revise three instruments — one […]