Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Participation in Hostilities during Belligerent Occupation

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Participation in Hostilities during Belligerent Occupation

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Participation in Hostilities during Belligerent Occupation The recent breakout of hostilities in Israel and the Gaza Strip once again highlights the need to effectively protect civilians on the battlefield. This post aims to shed light...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Assessing the Conduct of Hostilities in Gaza – Difficulties and Possible Solutions

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Assessing the Conduct of Hostilities in Gaza – Difficulties and Possible Solutions

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...
Conceptualizing Civilians: Beyond “Innocence”

Conceptualizing Civilians: Beyond “Innocence”

Conceptualizing Civilians: Beyond “Innocence” This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Hague Draft Rules of Aerial Warfare, a significant attempt to conceptualize the regulation of the then-novel technologies of aerial bombing. While technologies of aerial warfare...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – After the Battlefield: Transnational Criminal Law, Hamas, and Seeking Justice – Part I

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – After the Battlefield: Transnational Criminal Law, Hamas, and Seeking Justice – Part I

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – After the Battlefield: Transnational Criminal Law, Hamas, and Seeking Justice – Part I Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series illustrating the “transnational legal order” that must be used to counter Hamas outside the...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – A Moment of Truth: International Humanitarian Law and the Gaza War

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – A Moment of Truth: International Humanitarian Law and the Gaza War

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – A Moment of Truth: International Humanitarian Law and the Gaza War Hamas’s horrendous October 7 attack on Israeli civilians and Israel’s anticipated response pose a unique challenge to scholars and practitioners of the Law...