Mind the Gap: The COIN Hangover & DoD’s New Policy to Protect Civilians on the Battlefield

Mind the Gap: The COIN Hangover & DoD’s New Policy to Protect Civilians on the Battlefield

Mind the Gap: The COIN Hangover & DoD’s New Policy to Protect Civilians on the Battlefield The Department of Defense (DoD) recently released a bold new policy, a DoD Instruction titled “Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response,” that aims to reduce civilian harm on...
U.S. Army General Counsel: Speech to the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War

U.S. Army General Counsel: Speech to the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War

U.S. Army General Counsel: Speech to the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War Editor’s note: The Honorable Carrie Ricci, General Counsel of the U.S. Army, offered the following remarks to the International Society for Military Law and the Law of...
Beyond Compliance Symposium – The Harm Mitigation Holarchy: Human Security, Protection of Civilians, and Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response

Beyond Compliance Symposium – The Harm Mitigation Holarchy: Human Security, Protection of Civilians, and Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response

Beyond Compliance Symposium – The Harm Mitigation Holarchy: Human Security, Protection of Civilians, and Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Editors’ note: This post forms part of the Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to Prevent Harm and Need in Conflict, featured...
The EWIPA Declaration and U.S. Efforts to Minimize Civilian Harm

The EWIPA Declaration and U.S. Efforts to Minimize Civilian Harm

The EWIPA Declaration and U.S. Efforts to Minimize Civilian Harm From April 22-24, 2024, representatives from more than 90 countries met in Norway for the Oslo Conference on the Political Declaration, the first international follow-up conference to review the...