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Sara Benabbass,
Marten Zwanenburg
| Jun 22, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Warnings in Contemporary Conflict: Protective Measure or Source of Illegality? Since the beginning of March 2026, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have issued a number of evacuation orders in southern Lebanon. These orders have directed the inhabitants of villages and...
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Marina Sharpe
| Jun 5, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Humanitarian Assistance in International Law and the Distinction Between Preventive Assistance and Emergency Relief in Armed Conflict Editors’ note: This post highlights work from the author’s forthcoming book, Humanitarian Assistance in International Law, published...
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Gavin Daly
| May 22, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC
The Sack of Cities: Laws of War and Evolving Attitudes in Historical Perspective Throughout most of Western history, stretching back to the Homeric tradition of Troy, the right to sack a besieged city that refused to surrender was part and parcel of the customary laws...
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Evin Stovall,
Hitoshi Nasu
| Apr 22, 2026 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog
Guilty Unless Proven Innocent: A Critique of Ali Kushayb Judgment In its recent judgment, the International Criminal Court (ICC) convicted Ali Kushayb of multiple war crimes and crimes against humanity. A Janjaweed militia leader who operated in Darfur in 2003–2004,...
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Szymon Skalski,
Natosha Hoduski
| Mar 6, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber, Targeting
When Red Lines Cross Blue Lines: Cyber Attacks on Poland’s Water Infrastructure – Part II In Part I of this post, we addressed the threshold issue of whether cyber operations targeting water infrastructure qualify as attacks, thus bringing international humanitarian...
