What Aggregate Civilian-Combatant Ratios Tell Us, And What They Don’t: A Case Study from the Gaza Conflict

What Aggregate Civilian-Combatant Ratios Tell Us, And What They Don’t: A Case Study from the Gaza Conflict

by | Mar 20, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict

What Aggregate Civilian-Combatant Ratios Tell Us, And What They Don’t: A Case Study from the Gaza Conflict Public debate about contemporary armed conflict increasingly relies on aggregate civilian-to-combatant casualty ratios as indicators of legality and moral...
Non-State Cyber Actors in the 12-Day War – The Gray Zone of LOAC, Part II

Non-State Cyber Actors in the 12-Day War – The Gray Zone of LOAC, Part II

by | Aug 5, 2025 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber, Law of Armed Conflict

Non-State Cyber Actors in the 12-Day War – The Gray Zone of LOAC, Part II Editors’ note: In a prior post Professor Gary Corn described recent cyber operations undertaken during conflict between Iran and Israel. He related details of the hacking group, Predatory...
The 1892 Conferences on the Law of War published by Antoine Pillet

The 1892 Conferences on the Law of War published by Antoine Pillet

by | Jul 29, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC

The 1892 Conferences on the Law of War published by Antoine Pillet From 1891 to 1892, Antoine Pillet, a prolific and eminent French professor of international law, was invited to teach a course on the law of war to the garrison officers at Grenoble, France. His...
Non-State Cyber Actors in the 12-Day War – The Gray Zone of LOAC, Part I

Non-State Cyber Actors in the 12-Day War – The Gray Zone of LOAC, Part I

by | Jul 25, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber, Law of Armed Conflict, State Responsibility, Targeting

Non-State Cyber Actors in the 12-Day War – The Gray Zone of LOAC, Part I Editors’ note: In this two-part series, Professor Gary Corn examines law of armed conflict issues arising from cyber operations conducted during the recent conflict between Israel and Iran. With...
Ukraine Symposium – Litigating the Act of Aggression as Human Rights Claims

Ukraine Symposium – Litigating the Act of Aggression as Human Rights Claims

by | Feb 21, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Human Rights, Ukraine-Russia Symposium, Use of Force

Ukraine Symposium – Litigating the Act of Aggression as Human Rights Claims The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine reports that since February 2022, there have been 40,176 verified civilian casualties caused by the conflict in Ukraine: 12,340 killed and...