Through the Drone Looking Glass: Visualization Technologies and Military Decision-Making

Through the Drone Looking Glass: Visualization Technologies and Military Decision-Making

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...
Hollywood and the Laws of War

Hollywood and the Laws of War

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)....
Improving Compliance with IHL: A Long-Term Enterprise

Improving Compliance with IHL: A Long-Term Enterprise

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...
Joint Symposium: Oxford Forum for International Humanitarian Law Compliance

Joint Symposium: Oxford Forum for International Humanitarian Law Compliance

Joint Symposium: Oxford Forum for International Humanitarian Law Compliance This is the first post in a joint symposium hosted by EJIL:Talk and Articles of War, the blog of the Lieber Institute at West Point. The symposium reflects a series of conversations held in...
The Efficacy of the U.S. Army’s Law of War Training Program

The Efficacy of the U.S. Army’s Law of War Training Program

The Efficacy of the U.S. Army’s Law of War Training Program On July 2, 2020, the Department of Defense reissued DoD Directive 2311.01, the DoD Law of War Program.* Under the previous Directive, issued in 2006, Secretaries of the Military Departments were required to...