Compensation for Bereaved Families During Armed Conflict

Compensation for Bereaved Families During Armed Conflict

Compensation for Bereaved Families During Armed Conflict Compensation for death and injury of civilians during war has been practiced for hundreds if not thousands of years. Money, as a means to settle grievances and wrongdoing, is often part of securing peace or...
2023 DoD Manual Revision – What Was Left Unsaid for Cyber Operations

2023 DoD Manual Revision – What Was Left Unsaid for Cyber Operations

2023 DoD Manual Revision – What Was Left Unsaid for Cyber Operations Since the long-awaited update to the Department of Defense (DoD) Law of War Manual, there has been no shortage of commentary and scholarship surrounding the new amendments. While updates to the...
Reducing the Human Cost of Large-Scale Military Operations

Reducing the Human Cost of Large-Scale Military Operations

Reducing the Human Cost of Large-Scale Military Operations Editor’s note: The following post highlights a subject addressed during an expert workshop that the Lieber Institute co-convened alongside Harvard Law School’s Program on International Law and Armed Conflict...
Mitt Regan’s Drone Strike – Analyzing the Impacts of Targeted Killing and the CHMR-AP

Mitt Regan’s Drone Strike – Analyzing the Impacts of Targeted Killing and the CHMR-AP

Mitt Regan’s Drone Strike – Analyzing the Impacts of Targeted Killing and the CHMR-AP Mitt Regan, a widely respected Georgetown University Professor of National Security Law, has written a very timely and thought provoking book, Drone Strike—Analyzing the Impacts of...
Future Conflicts, Civilian Harm, and the CHMR-AP – Part II

Future Conflicts, Civilian Harm, and the CHMR-AP – Part II

Future Conflicts, Civilian Harm, and the CHMR-AP – Part II Editor’s note: The first post in the two-part series illustrated the emerging “information environment” of modern warfare into which the DoD CHMR-AP will be launched. This second post addresses how...