Lieber Studies Series – Civilian Protection in Armed Conflict: Select Issues
by Jelena Pejic, Margaret Kotlik | Apr 23, 2025 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Lieber Studies Civilian Protection in Armed Conflict: Select Issues
Lieber Studies Series – Civilian Protection in Armed Conflict: Select Issues Civilian protection is a basic aim and legal obligation of international humanitarian law (IHL) or the law of armed conflict (LOAC). Yet, as recent and ongoing armed conflicts in Gaza, Sudan,...
Indo-Pacific Legal Topics for Operational Lawyers
by Yusuke Saito | Jan 27, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Indo-Pacific Legal Topics for Operational Lawyers The year 2024 was a time of increasing instability for global security. The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has resurrected the specter of a world war, in which North Korea is also involved. Perhaps related to...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – A Moment of Truth: International Humanitarian Law and the Gaza War
by Amichai Cohen | Oct 23, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Humanitarian Protection, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – A Moment of Truth: International Humanitarian Law and the Gaza War Hamas’s horrendous October 7 attack on Israeli civilians and Israel’s anticipated response pose a unique challenge to scholars and practitioners of the Law...
Russia’s Interdiction of Neutral Merchant Vessels and the Law of the Sea
by John C. Tramazzo, Ian Santicola | Sep 11, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict, Law of Neutrality
Russia’s Interdiction of Neutral Merchant Vessels and the Law of the Sea On August 12, 2023, the Russian patrol ship Vasily Bykov intercepted the Turkish-owned, Palau-flagged merchant ship Sukru Okan in the Black Sea between its point of embarkation in Chalkis, Greece...