by Durward Johnson, Michael N. Schmitt | Dec 22, 2020
The Duty to Investigate War Crimes On November 19, 2020, a report of the Australian Defence Force’s Inspector-General was released following a four-year investigation into allegations of unlawful killings and mistreatment of non-combatants and persons...
by Heather Tregle, Durward Johnson, John Cherry | Nov 6, 2020
The U.S. Landmine Policy Complies with International Law In late January, the United States replaced the Obama Administration’s 2016 landmine policy, which was first introduced in 2014. That policy had proscribed the use of antipersonnel landmines beyond the...
by Durward Johnson | Sep 24, 2020
The UN Soleimani Report and the U.S. Article 51 Notification On July 9, 2020, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions released a report on the legality of targeted killing by drone strikes. The backdrop for the report is the...