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Lena E. Whitehead,
Aaron Waldo
| Nov 26, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Maritime
Vessels of War How can vessels be used in war? Are rights and obligations vested in armed forces personnel or in the naval platforms themselves? Combatancy in land warfare is fairly straightforward. Persons sanctioned by and under the control of a State have...
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Chris Jenks
| Oct 4, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Law of Armed Conflict, United States v Najibullah Symposium
United States v. Najibullah Symposium – Taliban Combatant Immunity in Non-International Armed Conflict Editors’ note: This post is part of a two-post symposium on a pretrial hearing in the case United States v. Najibullah. An introductory post by Professor Sean...
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Sean Watts
| Oct 4, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, United States v Najibullah Symposium
United States v. Najibullah Symposium – Introduction Almost as soon as hostilities between the United States and the Taliban and al Qaeda groups in Afghanistan began in 2001, important law of war questions emerged. In particular, early stages of the conflict provoked...
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Jeremy A. Rabkin
| Sep 24, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
“Humanity” is Not Always the Highest Claim Disputes about the application of the law of armed conflict are often fought with tools of legal analysis: competing treaty provisions; court rulings; and historical precedents. I want to highlight here a deeper dispute...
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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...