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Dan E. Stigall
| Aug 3, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC
International Law, the Civil Law Tradition, and Sources of Law – Part I Editors’ note: This is the first in a two-part post illustrating the impact of the civil law tradition on the formation of international law, specifically the sources of international law. This...
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Tamalin Bolus,
Sarah Jean Mabeza
| Feb 25, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Law of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium
Laws of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium – African Traditions and the Preservation of Humanity during Warfare Editor’s note: The following post highlights a chapter that appears in Samuel White’s fourth edited volume of Laws of Yesterday’s Wars published with Brill. For a...
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Mina Radončić
| Sep 24, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Revisiting Customary IHL Series
Revisiting Customary IHL Series – Non finito: Should the Study also Identify Norms that Are not Custom? Editors’ note: This post is part of a series relating to the ICRC’s Customary International Humanitarian Law Study, featured across Articles of...
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Duncan Hollis
| Jul 7, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Policy, State Responsibility, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Ukraine and the Future of the Ottawa Convention In 1935, the International Labor Organization (ILO) adopted its 45th convention, generally prohibiting the employment of women in underground mining work. The treaty achieved widespread adoption, with...
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Samuel White
| Aug 14, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Law of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium
Laws of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium – Conclusion Although a much wider analysis is possible (and is done elsewhere) I thought it important to highlight the uniting factor that has emerged so far in the various posts in Articles of War based on three volumes of the Laws...
