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Marina Sharpe
| Sep 30, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, GC IV Commentary Series, Law of Armed Conflict
GC IV Commentary Series – Article 23 and Humanitarian Relief: What’s Right, What’s Left Unclear Editors’ note: The following series considers ICRC’s 2025 updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention. Rosa-Lena Lauterbach, Liisi Adamson, and Sean Watts’s...
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Rob McLaughlin
| Sep 15, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Maritime
Maritime Blockade and its Starvation Effect: A Key Material Element in the Crime of Genocide? In modern terms, a maritime blockade can be defined as “a belligerent operation intended to prevent vessel traffic from all States from entering or leaving specified coastal...
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Dora Velenczei
| Jul 22, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
The Madleen Incident and the Gaza Naval Blockade On June 9, 2025, Israeli naval forces intercepted the Madleen, a UK-flagged sailboat operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, attempting to breach Israel’s longstanding naval blockade of Gaza. Among those aboard were...
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James Kraska
| Jun 11, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Maritime
A Map to the Second Edition of the Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare The U.S. Naval War College has recently published its second edition of the Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare as volume 105 of International Law Studies (ILS), sometimes referred to...
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Rob McLaughlin
| May 20, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Maritime
Attack on the MV Conscience: Issues Related to Blockade Law The MV Conscience is reportedly a Palau-flagged “passenger vessel” currently operated for a nongovernmental organization (NGO) called the “Freedom Flotilla Coalition.” The coalition, also called the Gaza...
