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Rob McLaughlin
| Sep 15, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Maritime
Maritime Blockade and its Starvation Effect: A Key Material Element in the Crime of Genocide? In modern terms, a maritime blockade can be defined as “a belligerent operation intended to prevent vessel traffic from all States from entering or leaving specified coastal...
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Alice Edwards
| Jun 3, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Prosecuting Wartime Sexual Torture: The Uneven Trajectory of International Jurisprudence Sexual violence in armed conflict is rarely the product of a few undisciplined soldiers. In today’s major wars, it is frequently deployed as a deliberate method of domination,...
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Evin Stovall,
Hitoshi Nasu
| Apr 22, 2026 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog
Guilty Unless Proven Innocent: A Critique of Ali Kushayb Judgment In its recent judgment, the International Criminal Court (ICC) convicted Ali Kushayb of multiple war crimes and crimes against humanity. A Janjaweed militia leader who operated in Darfur in 2003–2004,...
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Rosa-Lena Lauterbach
| Aug 1, 2025 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Prosecuting the Starvation War Crime in Germany: The Yarmouk Case On 6 June 2024, the Investigative Judge at the Federal Court of Justice issued arrest warrants for five individuals apprehended in Germany. The suspects, taken into custody a month later, allegedly...
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Nilanthan Niruthan
| Jul 30, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Requiem for IHL: A Geopolitical Perspective International humanitarian law (IHL) is facing a fundamental crisis. As Dr. Erica Harper recently noted, many actors around the world now openly violate the laws of war and face no consequences, accelerating the alarming...
