Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – What is and is not Human Shielding?

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – What is and is not Human Shielding?

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – What is and is not Human Shielding? The use of human shields is looming large in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. President Biden has on numerous occasions charged Hamas with using civilians as human shields, as has European...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Assessing the Conduct of Hostilities in Gaza – Difficulties and Possible Solutions

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Assessing the Conduct of Hostilities in Gaza – Difficulties and Possible Solutions

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Assessing the Conduct of Hostilities in Gaza – Difficulties and Possible Solutions The current armed conflict affecting Israel and the Gaza Strip raises many international humanitarian law (IHL) questions. Many answers depend on whether...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – The IDF, Hamas, and the Duty to Warn

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – The IDF, Hamas, and the Duty to Warn

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – The IDF, Hamas, and the Duty to Warn On October 22, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States issued a joint statement “reiterat[ing] their support for Israel and its right to defend itself...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – White Phosphorus and International Law

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – White Phosphorus and International Law

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – White Phosphorus and International Law Editor’s note: The authors’ original version of this post omitted citations to two sources, namely LTC Matthew J. Aiesi’s post on Lawfare dated November 26, 2019, and a Human Rights Watch report...
Honest Errors, the Rendulic Rule, and Modern Combat Decision-Making

Honest Errors, the Rendulic Rule, and Modern Combat Decision-Making

Honest Errors, the Rendulic Rule, and Modern Combat Decision-Making In 1948, in a judgment commonly known as the Hostage case, a U.S. military tribunal at Nuremberg acquitted Lothar Rendulic, commander of the German 20th Mountain Army, of offences related to the...