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Charles Garraway
| Oct 10, 2025 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Human Rights, In Honor of Françoise Hampson, Law of Armed Conflict
In Honor of Françoise Hampson – Fact-Finding in Law of Armed Conflict Investigations Editors’ note: This post is part of a series to honor Françoise Hampson, who passed away on April 18, 2025. These posts recognize Professor Hampson’s work and the significant...
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Dan E. Stigall
| Oct 3, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC
The Rousseau-Portalis Doctrine: French Legal Thought and the Law of War – Part II Editors’ note: This is the second in a two-part post illustrating the impact of French legal thought on the formation of the law of war with a specific focus on the...
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Robert Kolb
| Sep 29, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Typology of Reservations Contrary to the Object and Purpose of a Treaty and their Application to IHL If a treaty is silent on the right of a contracting party to make reservations, then according to Article 19 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT),...
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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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Robert Kolb
| Sep 10, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force
Exceptions to the Separation Between the Jus ad Bellum and Jus in Bello According to canonic learning and overwhelming practice, the rules of the jus ad bellum and those of the jus in bello are separated in the sense that the application of each depends on its own...
