Symposium Intro: Hays Parks’s Influence on the Law of War
by Sean Watts, Winston Williams, Ronald Alcala | Oct 6, 2021 | AoW Posts, Blog, Hays Parks Symposium, History of LOAC, Law of Armed Conflict, LOAC History, Weapons Law
Symposium Intro: Hays Parks’s Influence on the Law of War Most developments and codifications of the law of war have been responses to the evolving character of warfare. Indeed, a timeline of law of war treaties reads like a chronicle of changes in the tactics,...
The Rhetoric of Retaliation
by Dan Maurer | Sep 17, 2021 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force
The Rhetoric of Retaliation The language we use to justify and describe legal constraints on personal conduct or grants of legal authority to our government is never totally free of bias, ambiguity, flawed premises, or unproveable assumptions. How we fix, manipulate,...
President Biden’s First Use of Force and International Law
by Michael N. Schmitt | Mar 1, 2021 | AoW Posts, Law of Armed Conflict, Topics, Use of Force
President Biden’s First Use of Force and International Law On February 25, President Biden authorized the first use of military force since becoming President. The operation involved two F-15s dropping seven 500-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) bombs...
The Updated GCIII Commentary: A Flawed Methodology?
by Michael W. Meier | Feb 3, 2021 | AoW Posts, Detention, Interpretation & Development, Topics
The Updated GCIII Commentary: A Flawed Methodology? In June of 2020, as part of its ongoing multi-year effort, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) launched its updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention of 1949. The Commentary analyzes...