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Robert Kolb
| Jul 20, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Targeting
Jus ad Bellum and Jus in Bello Targeting There is a growing tendency to devise a double targeting criterion for attacks: one for jus ad bellum (JAB); and one for jus in bello (JIB), and to require that the conditions for each are met so that an attack or other...
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Hitoshi Nasu
| Jun 26, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force
Choice of Law in the Laws of War In private international law, choice of law is a critical question concerned with identifying which legal system governs a dispute involving cross-border elements. A set of principles developed to address such questions does not...
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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...
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Olivia Flasch
| May 6, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Use of Force
Revisiting Application of Jus ad Bellum during an Ongoing International Armed Conflict The relationship between the existence of an international armed conflict (IAC) and the legality of the use of force under the jus ad bellum (JAB) remains conceptually distinct but...
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Thomas W. Oakley
| Apr 7, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Use of Force
Through the Looking Glass, Again: The Caroline Standard and a General Framework for Necessity-Based Self-Defense “Why, it’s a Looking-glass book, of course! And if I hold it up to a glass, the words will all go the right way again.” — Lewis Carroll, Through the...
