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Tobias Vestner,
Nicolò Borgesano
| Dec 12, 2025 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber, Weapons Law
Legal Reviews of War Algorithms: From Cyber Weapons to AI Systems States are obliged to conduct legal reviews of new weapons, means, and methods of warfare. Legal reviews of artificial intelligence (AI) systems pose significant legal and practical challenges due to...
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Emily E. Bobenrieth
| Dec 10, 2025 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber, Law of Armed Conflict
Gaps and Seams in the Law of Armed Conflict for AI-Enabled Cyber Operations The continued, robust use of cyber operations in both competition and conflict has inspired many States to express whether and how international law applies to cyber operations. While these...
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Su Myat Thwe,
Rosa-Lena Lauterbach
| Dec 9, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Anything Other Than a Classic NIAC: Examining Myanmar’s Legal Battlefield Myanmar’s civil unrest is traditionally characterised as a non-international armed conflict (NIAC). It arguably represents one of the most enduring civil wars in modern history. For the past...
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Raphaël van Steenberghe
| Dec 2, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, ICJ Obligations of Israel Advisory Opinion, Occupation
The ICJ Obligations of Israel Advisory Opinion – Qualifying Israel as an Occupying Power in the Gaza Strip Editors’ note: This post is part of a series featuring analysis of the 2025 International Court of Justice advisory opinion on obligations of Israel in and in...
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Robert Kolb
| Dec 1, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Reservations in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Validity Twenty-three States have appended some declarations when ratifying or acceding to the 1949 Geneva Conventions (GCs). Not all these declarations embody reservations. According to the law of treaties, the...
