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Michael N. Schmitt
| Sep 12, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
Regaining Perspective on the Law of Armed Conflict As I noted in my “2024 Year Ahead” post, I am worried that the law of armed conflict (LOAC) faces an array of threats to its application on the battlefield and beyond. The post set out five that I find especially...
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Dan Maurer
| Apr 24, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict, Policy, Use of Force
The Department of Defense’s In Extremis Legal Challenges During Modern Warfare A Department of Defense (DoD) lawyer has for a client an organization with a remarkable number of dilemmas, all of which must be resolved (or at least addressed) lawfully, consistent with...
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Lauren Sanders,
Rosie Cavdarski
| Mar 20, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Emerging Technologies, Interpretation & Development, Weapons Law
State Submissions on the Legal Review of AWS and Possible Good Practices The review of weapons, means, and methods of warfare for compliance with international law has attracted significant attention during the international debate about the regulation and use of...
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Blaise Cathcart
| Jan 16, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
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...
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Blaise Cathcart
| Apr 13, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
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...
