Targeting Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah’s Fuad Shukr

Targeting Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah’s Fuad Shukr

by | Aug 2, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting, Terrorism / Counter Terrorism, Use of Force

Targeting Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah’s Fuad Shukr On Wednesday morning, Israel killed the Chief of Hamas’s Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, while he was in Tehran to attend the inauguration of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. To do so, it reportedly...
Making and Shaping the Law of Armed Conflict: An Introduction

Making and Shaping the Law of Armed Conflict: An Introduction

by , | Jun 18, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Lieber Studies Making and Shaping LOAC Volume

Making and Shaping the Law of Armed Conflict: An Introduction Almost every legal question involves aspects of law-making and shaping, be it iden­tification of a rule, interpretation of that rule, or determination of the rule’s scope of application. Disputes over the...
“On the Brink”: The Geneva Conventions at 75

“On the Brink”: The Geneva Conventions at 75

by | Mar 27, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force

“On the Brink”: The Geneva Conventions at 75 Editor’s note: The views expressed in this post are those of the author and not necessarily those of the ICRC, HLS PILAC, or other workshop participants. From March 12-13, 2024, Harvard Law School’s Program on International...
Regulating Military Force Series – The Meaning of Prohibited “Use of Force” in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter

Regulating Military Force Series – The Meaning of Prohibited “Use of Force” in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter

by | Mar 1, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Regulating Military Force Series, Space Law, Use of Force

Regulating Military Force Series – The Meaning of Prohibited “Use of Force” in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter Editors’ note: The author delivered remarks on the subject of this post at the conference “International Law and the Regulation of Resort to Force:...
Consistency and Change in Russian Approaches to International Law

Consistency and Change in Russian Approaches to International Law

by | Mar 9, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Other Bodies of Law, Ukraine-Russia Symposium

Consistency and Change in Russian Approaches to International Law Recent Russian conduct on the world stage—and less metaphorically, on the territory of Ukraine—has been appalling. Violations of international law (such as acts of aggression and unlawful support for...