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Michael N. Schmitt
| Apr 18, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict
Israel-Hamas 2025 Symposium – Releasing Civilian Hostages and Returning Hostage Remains On 7 October 2023, Hamas fighters took 251 hostages during its infamous attack on Israel. Although many were Israel Defense Force (IDF) soldiers, the vast majority were civilians,...
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Natalie Nunn
| Apr 1, 2025 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog
Sudan: The Case for Recognising All Conflict-Related Sexual Violence as Torture Conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) is often framed as an unfortunate byproduct of war rather than as an intentional and strategic act of violence. However, a closer examination of...
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Benjamin R. Farley,
Alka Pradhan
| Dec 27, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Searching for a Practical Legal Test for the End of Non-International Armed Conflicts Editors’ note: This post is drawn from the authors’ article-length work, “Establishing a Practical Test for the End of Non-International Armed Conflict” appearing in the...
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Rebecca Sutton
| Jul 3, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Lieber Studies Making and Shaping LOAC Volume
Lieber Studies Making and Shaping LOAC Volume – Between War and the Text: The Pedagogical Life of IHL Editors’ note: This post is based on the author’s chapter in Making and Shaping the Law of Armed Conflict (Sandesh Sivakumaran and Christian R. Burne eds. 2024), the...
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Martha M. Bradley
| Jun 25, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Law of Armed Conflict, Lieber Studies Making and Shaping LOAC Volume
Lieber Studies Making and Shaping LOAC Volume – The Development of the LOAC by International Criminal Tribunals Editors’ note: This post is based on the author’s chapter in Making and Shaping the Law of Armed Conflict (Sandesh Sivakumaran and Christian R. Burne...
