by Ronald Alcala | Aug 5, 2021
Afghanistan and Noncombatant Evacuation Operations Last month, President Biden announced the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan would officially conclude by August 31, 2021. Since the drawdown of U.S. and other international forces from Afghanistan began in...
by Ronald Alcala | Feb 11, 2021
Opinio Juris and the Essential Role of States Scholars, jurists, and practitioners have increasingly come to rely on non-State expressions to explain the customary law of armed conflict. This trend is problematic because it runs counter to how customary...
by Ronald Alcala, Sasha Radin | Oct 27, 2020
Symposium Intro: The ICC Considers the Definition of “Attack” The Ntaganda case—currently pending before the International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber—raises an issue of importance to both the law of war (international humanitarian law) community and those...
