Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – Civilian Protection as an Element of Military Advantage in Determining Proportionality

Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – Civilian Protection as an Element of Military Advantage in Determining Proportionality

Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – Civilian Protection as an Element of Military Advantage in Determining Proportionality In a prior post, I raised the issue of whether the protection of Israeli civilians may be treated as a military advantage in determining the...
Artificial Intelligence for Better Protection of Civilians During Urban Warfare

Artificial Intelligence for Better Protection of Civilians During Urban Warfare

Artificial Intelligence for Better Protection of Civilians During Urban Warfare Editor’s Note: This post is drawn from the author’s article-length work recently published in The Military Law and the Law of War Review. Images emerging from hostilities in cities such as...
Reprisals Against Enemy Civilians, the Object and Purpose of Additional Protocol I, and the United Kingdom’s Reservation

Reprisals Against Enemy Civilians, the Object and Purpose of Additional Protocol I, and the United Kingdom’s Reservation

Reprisals Against Enemy Civilians, the Object and Purpose of Additional Protocol I, and the United Kingdom’s Reservation Editors’ note: This post considers one aspect of an article recently published by the author in The Military Law and the Law of War Review. It does...
Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – Press Access during Armed Conflict

Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – Press Access during Armed Conflict

Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – Press Access during Armed Conflict The conflict between Hamas and Israel remains a focus of global media coverage. The unprecedented nature of Hamas’s attack on October 7, 2023, the troubled, long-standing history of the independence of...
Invisible Soldiers

Invisible Soldiers

Invisible Soldiers Images of drone strikes, hypersonic missiles, and directed energy weapons have cultivated imagination of how war might be fought in the future. Meanwhile, on-board cameras and satellites have made modern battlefields more transparent and accessible...