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Alina-Camille Berdefy,
Martha M. Bradley,
Stuart Casey-Maslen,
Juliette Graf,
Marnie Lloydd
| May 15, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Law of Armed Conflict
Haiti’s Gang Violence and the Armed Conflict Threshold: An IHL Analysis Haiti’s armed violence and humanitarian crisis remain acute. Armed gangs control significant territory, reportedly perpetrating killings, sexual violence, and child exploitation. In 2025 alone,...
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Elliot Winter
| Mar 13, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
The Regulation of Levées en Masse: Extending Participation to Diaspora Populations The levée en masse (i.e., mass uprising) is a relatively rare form of conflict participation recognised by international humanitarian law (IHL). It was last expressed in treaty form in...
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Klaudia Klonowska
| Jan 14, 2026 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber
The Impact of AI-Enabled Capabilities on the Application of International Law in the Cyber Domain This post describes the proceedings and conclusions of a workshop that brought together scholars, some with both operational and technical expertise, to discuss the...
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Stuart Casey-Maslen
| Nov 24, 2025 | AoW Posts, Belligerent Reprisals Series, Blog, Weapons Law
Belligerent Reprisals Series – Reprisals with Weapons Editors’ note: This post is part of a series related to Francesco Romani’s book “Belligerent Reprisals from Enforcement to Reciprocity” published by Cambridge University Press. Francesco’s impressive work on...
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Robert Lawless
| Sep 5, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Operation Spider Web and Instrumentalizing Civilian Objects On 1 June 2025, in one of the boldest operations of the war, Ukraine carried out a massive surprise attack against Russian military installations. The attack, known as Operation Spider Web, was carried out by...
