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Winona Xu
| May 16, 2025 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, State Responsibility
Prosecuting Rwanda for Aggression in the DRC: Legal Feasibility and Challenges Rwandan involvement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been reported in two principal forms: first, direct intervention by Rwandan State forces across the border; and second,...
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Hitoshi Nasu
| Apr 7, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Judging Battlefield Conduct Editors’ note: This post is based on the author’s article-length work, “The Rule of Law in Armed Conflict” published in volume 34 of the Minnesota Journal of International Law (2025). The rule of law is an appraisal concept that purports to...
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Natalie Nunn
| Apr 1, 2025 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog
Sudan: The Case for Recognising All Conflict-Related Sexual Violence as Torture Conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) is often framed as an unfortunate byproduct of war rather than as an intentional and strategic act of violence. However, a closer examination of...
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Masoud Zamani
| Mar 26, 2025 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies
How Meaningful is “Meaningful Human Control” in LAWS Regulation? In recent years, the concept of “meaningful human control” (MHC) has emerged as a key consideration in regulating lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS). This standard seeks to ensure substantial human...
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Winona Xu
| Mar 17, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Russia’s Reproductive Violence in Ukraine: Hidden Atrocities of War Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has inflicted enormous harm on the civilian population, exposing many women, children, and in some cases men, to abuses including sexual and...
