by Luke Moffett | Nov 8, 2023
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Attacks and Misuse of Ambulances during Armed Conflict The current conflict in Gaza and Israel has caused unfathomable suffering to both sides with no end in sight. The scale of deaths and destruction in such a dense civilian...
by Michael N. Schmitt | Nov 3, 2023
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – What is and is not Human Shielding? The use of human shields is looming large in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. President Biden has on numerous occasions charged Hamas with using civilians as human shields, as has European...
by Marco Sassòli | Oct 30, 2023
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Assessing the Conduct of Hostilities in Gaza – Difficulties and Possible Solutions The current armed conflict affecting Israel and the Gaza Strip raises many international humanitarian law (IHL) questions. Many answers depend on whether...
by Raul (Pete) Pedrozo | Aug 25, 2023
Russia-Ukraine War at Sea: Naval Blockades, Visit and Search, and Targeting War-Sustaining Objects On February 24, 2022, Russia’s Federal Agency for Sea and Inland Water Transport (Rosmorrechflot) announced the suspension of navigation in the Sea of Azov “until...
by Geoff Corn | Aug 3, 2023
2023 DoD Manual Revision – What’s In a Presumption? (Editor’s note: This post is part of a series analyzing the 2023 revisions to the U.S. Department of Defense’s Law of War Manual.) One of the most notable—if not the most notable—changes to the Department of Defense...