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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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Martha M. Bradley,
Marko Svicevic
| Apr 8, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force
Collective Self-Defense and the Internationalization of Armed Conflicts in Eastern DRC Nearly a decade after the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed a ceasefire agreement with the March 23 (M23) rebel movement, violence has once again erupted in the...
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Alexander Wentker
| Apr 1, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
Joining in Wars Editor’s note: This post draws on the author’s paper with Miles Jackson and Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, “Identifying co-parties to armed conflict in international law: How states, international organizations and armed groups become parties to war” (2024)...
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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...
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Thomas Wheatley
| 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...
