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Michael N. Schmitt
| Apr 18, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, State Responsibility, Use of Force
Retaliation, Retribution, and Punishment and International Law On April 13, Iran launched a massive missile and drone attack on Israel. Hezbollah and Houthi attacks took place contemporaneously. Israel, alongside forces from France, the United Kingdom, the United...
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Michael N. Schmitt,
Sean Watts
| Apr 12, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Common Article 1 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions On March 1, Nicaragua instituted proceedings against Germany before the International Court of Justice (Alleged Breaches of Certain International Obligations in respect of the Occupied Palestinian Territory). In its...
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Adam S. Reitz
| Apr 5, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Wounded and Sick
Hors De Combat: Clarifying the U.S. Law of War Manual The U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School instructs on international protections for the wounded and sick, one of the many aspects of the Geneva Conventions emphasized to both seasoned and new...
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Marco Sassòli
| Apr 3, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
New Challenges and Old Problems for International Humanitarian Law This post provides some reflections based upon the experience of writing the second edition of the book International Humanitarian Law: Rules, Controversies, and Solutions to Problems Arising in...
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Alexander Wentker
| Apr 1, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
Joining in Wars Editor’s note: This post draws on the author’s paper with Miles Jackson and Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, “Identifying co-parties to armed conflict in international law: How states, international organizations and armed groups become parties to war” (2024)...
