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Benjamin R. Farley
| Nov 6, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Law of Neutrality, Terrorism / Counter Terrorism
International Law, Political Will, and Regulation of the Foreign-Fighter Phenomenon Editor’s Note: This post is based on an article, “Regulating the Foreign-Fighter Phenomenon” published in the Virginia Journal of International Law, available here. Across at least...
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Marika Sosnowski
| Jul 6, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Not Dead but Sleeping: Toward a Broader Understanding of Ceasefires The concept of a ceasefire as offering a temporary pause during armed conflict dates back at least one thousand years and has religious provenance – ceasefires were originally known as a “truce...
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Douglas Guilfoyle
| Jun 14, 2023 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance
The Libel Case Confirming Australian War Crimes in Afghanistan The Verdict against Ben Roberts-Smith Australia’s “trial of the century” concluded earlier this month in Sydney in a moment that captured international headlines. A man commonly described as Australia’s...
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Steven van de Put
| Apr 10, 2023 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict, State Responsibility
The Dutch Chora Judgment: Ex-Gratia Payments and Compensation Recently, a Dutch district court in The Hague delivered its judgment concerning claims arising from a 2007 battle in Chora, Afghanistan. Whereas an earlier post by Marten Zwanenburg reviewed the judgment...
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Marten Zwanenburg
| Dec 19, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Dutch Judgment on IHL Compliance in Chora District, Afghanistan On 23 November 2022, the district court of the Hague handed down its judgment in a case brought against the State of the Netherlands by relatives of persons killed during fighting in the Chora district,...
