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Liisi Adamson
| Dec 31, 2024 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Policy, Targeting
Year in Review – 2024 2024 was defined by a landscape of intensifying conflicts, continuous technological advancements (see here and here), and evolving debates over the application of the law of armed conflict (LOAC). The persistent war in Ukraine, the volatile...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Oct 18, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
Lieber Papers Series – The United States and (Most of) the Rest: A Legal Interoperability Primer Editors’ Note: Articles of War previously published two longer works on the subjects of States’ responses to malicious or hostile actions and besieged forces’ legal...
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Justinas Žilinskas
| Aug 13, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Other Bodies of Law
When Security Prevails: Lithuania Votes to Withdraw from the Convention on Cluster Munitions Lithuania has recently voted to withdraw from the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). On July 18, 2024 the State’s Parliament adopted a “denunciation law,” which means...
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Brian L. Cox
| Jul 21, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict, Weapons Law
The Biden Administration’s Decision to Transfer Cluster Munitions to Ukraine: Legal and Policy Considerations The Biden administration recently announced the approval of a new arms package for Ukraine that will, for the first time, include the provision of cluster...
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William H. Boothby
| Feb 28, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Cluster Munitions and the Ukraine War There are reports that cluster munitions have been used by both sides during the Ukraine Wars. Is such use lawful? Cluster munitions can, in general terms, be defined as “weapons that open in mid-air and disperse smaller...