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Chiara Redaelli
| Aug 25, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Identifying NIAC Series
Identifying NIAC Series – Aggregating Criminal Violence: Challenges to NIAC-Classification Editors’ note: This post appears as an entry in a series examining Dr Nathan Derejko’s book, Identifying Non-International Armed Conflict published by Cambridge University...
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Mateusz Piatkowski
| Aug 12, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Air Warfare and International Humanitarian Law In 1949, the U.S. Army’s International Law Branch Chief, Major William G. Downey, provided remarks (in his personal capacity) to the American Society of International Law. He asserted, The person who first drafts an...
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William H. Boothby
| Aug 12, 2026 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog
When the Defender Is the Attacker and Does It Matter? I was delighted to learn that Dr Jonathan Kwik has received funding for what promises to be a most important research project. Jonathan is fast developing a well-earned reputation as a thought-leader in complex...
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Guénaël Mettraux
| Jun 29, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC
War Crimes in History Editors’ note: This post is based on the author’s article-length work, “A History of the Law of War Crimes” appearing in International Review of the Red Cross. International law recognizes three categories of core crimes: genocide; crimes against...
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Oded Hen
| May 29, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Are Evacuation Orders Unlawful Under International Law? A Case Study of Southern Lebanon Recent commentaries have characterized evacuation orders in contemporary armed conflicts, including those of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in southern Lebanon, as forcible...
