by Blaise Cathcart | Jan 16, 2023
Year Ahead – Compliance Continues to be the Most Under-Addressed Challenge As 2022 has ended, it is appropriate and necessary to take stock of the law of armed conflict (LOAC) and speculate on its efficacy in 2023 and beyond. 2022 saw many armed conflicts of...
by Blaise Cathcart | Apr 13, 2022
The Creeping Normality of LOAC Noncompliance Taking stock of the state of the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) may be one of the most important tasks facing international law today. In that vein, it is well worth asking whether the Law of Armed Conflict is still “fit for...
by Shiri Krebs | Feb 11, 2022
Through the Drone Looking Glass: Visualization Technologies and Military Decision-Making On 29 August 2021, the U.S. military launched its last drone strike in Afghanistan before American troops withdrew from the country. The strike targeted a white Toyota Corolla...
by Eve Massingham | Feb 1, 2022
Hollywood and the Laws of War Common Article 1 of Geneva Conventions of August 1949 (CA 1) imposes a legal obligation on all States, as parties to the Conventions, to respect and to ensure respect, in all circumstances, for international humanitarian law (IHL)....
by Yvette Zegenhagen, Michael Meyer | Nov 22, 2021
Improving Compliance with IHL: A Long-Term Enterprise It is difficult to talk about the mission and mandate of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (the Movement) without talking about international humanitarian law (IHL) and vice-versa. The two are...
