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Samuel White
| Feb 25, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber, Law of Armed Conflict
One Year On: Are the ICRC’s Principles for Civilian Hackers Shaping the Laws of War? In October 2023, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) laid down a stark warning: cyber warfare must not spiral into lawless destruction. Their eight rules for...
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Chiara Redaelli
| Feb 7, 2025 | Al Hassan Symposium, AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Law of Armed Conflict
Al Hassan Symposium – Towards the Acceptance of the Aggregated Violence Approach? Editors’ note: This post is part of a joint symposium hosted by the Armed Groups and International Law and Articles of War blogs. The symposium addresses the ICC’s judgment in the Al...
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Marten Zwanenburg
| Oct 8, 2024 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict
The Role of the Private Sector in Ensuring Respect for IHL On September 12th, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) published its report, International Humanitarian Law and the Challenges of Contemporary Armed Conflicts. It is customary for the ICRC to...
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Chris Jenks
| Oct 4, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Law of Armed Conflict, United States v Najibullah Symposium
United States v. Najibullah Symposium – Taliban Combatant Immunity in Non-International Armed Conflict Editors’ note: This post is part of a two-post symposium on a pretrial hearing in the case United States v. Najibullah. An introductory post by Professor Sean...
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Jeremy A. Rabkin
| Sep 24, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
“Humanity” is Not Always the Highest Claim Disputes about the application of the law of armed conflict are often fought with tools of legal analysis: competing treaty provisions; court rulings; and historical precedents. I want to highlight here a deeper dispute...
