by Amichai Cohen, Yuval Shany | Jun 17, 2021
Israel, IHL, and the Al-Jalaa Tower The most recent flare-up of active hostilities between Israel and Hamas once again brought to the forefront of legal discussions questions of responsibility and accountability for civilian deaths and damage to civilian property...
by Ori Pomson | May 12, 2021
Ntaganda Appeals Chamber Judgment Divided on Meaning of “Attack” On 30 March 2021, the International Criminal Court Appeals Chamber issued its judgment in the Ntaganda case. The judgment, which primarily responds to the appeal submitted by Bosco Ntaganda against his...
by Jennifer Maddocks | Apr 28, 2021
Russia, the Wagner Group, and the Issue of Attribution Editor’s note: This week, the Modern War Institute and the Lieber Institute for Law and Land Warfare hosted a multi-disciplinary panel discussion on proxy warfare. Here, one of the panel participants, British Army...
by John Cherry, Michael Rizzotti | Mar 9, 2021
Understanding Self-Defense and the Law of Armed Conflict Many soldiers, commanders, and judge advocates involved in the conflicts in Africa, Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan deploy with a dated and incomplete understanding of individual self-defense. This reality is the...
by Michael N. Schmitt | Mar 1, 2021
President Biden’s First Use of Force and International Law On February 25, President Biden authorized the first use of military force since becoming President. The operation involved two F-15s dropping seven 500-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) bombs...
