I Spy: Espionage, Perfidy, and Fighting in the Shadows

I Spy: Espionage, Perfidy, and Fighting in the Shadows

I Spy: Espionage, Perfidy, and Fighting in the Shadows In a 2024 Articles of War post, I identified that intelligence gathering, including espionage, is authorized by both treaty and customary international law during armed conflict. For international armed conflicts,...
Ukraine Symposium – Litigating the Act of Aggression as Human Rights Claims

Ukraine Symposium – Litigating the Act of Aggression as Human Rights Claims

Ukraine Symposium – Litigating the Act of Aggression as Human Rights Claims The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine reports that since February 2022, there have been 40,176 verified civilian casualties caused by the conflict in Ukraine: 12,340 killed and...
Ukraine Symposium – Ukraine, International Law, and Humanitarian Intervention

Ukraine Symposium – Ukraine, International Law, and Humanitarian Intervention

Ukraine Symposium – Ukraine, International Law, and Humanitarian Intervention Responses to States that commit atrocities against their own people have long eluded international law. Some have pinned hopes on the concept of “humanitarian intervention,” whereby a State...
Hybrid Threats and Grey Zone Conflict Symposium – Challenges in the Twilight of International Law

Hybrid Threats and Grey Zone Conflict Symposium – Challenges in the Twilight of International Law

Hybrid Threats and Grey Zone Conflict Symposium – Challenges in the Twilight of International Law Editors note: The following post highlights a chapter that appears in Mitt Regan and Aurel Sari’s recently published book Hybrid Threats and Grey Zone Conflict: The...
Beyond Compliance Symposium – A Rights-based Approach to Addressing Harm and Need in Armed Conflict?

Beyond Compliance Symposium – A Rights-based Approach to Addressing Harm and Need in Armed Conflict?

Beyond Compliance Symposium – A Rights-based Approach to Addressing Harm and Need in Armed Conflict? Editors’ note: This post forms part of the Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to Prevent Harm and Need in Conflict, featured across Articles of War and Armed Groups and...