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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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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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Jeffrey Lovitky
| Apr 2, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – Civilian Protection as an Element of Military Advantage in Determining Proportionality In a prior post, I raised the issue of whether the protection of Israeli civilians may be treated as a military advantage in determining the...
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Jeremy A. Rabkin
| Mar 29, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force
Why We Fight Matters to How We Fight We have all been taught that jus in bello (the law regarding the conduct of war) is a distinct set of rules from jus ad bellum (law regarding resort to force). It is a convenient distinction for many purposes. It is particularly...
