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Emily Crawford
| Feb 17, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
The Terminological Architecture of the Jus in Bello: Law, Language and Warfare The lexicon governing the conduct of hostilities is not a static collection of synonyms but a dynamic field of ideological contestation. For centuries, the body of international law that...
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Robert Kolb
| Jan 23, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Law of Armed Conflict
Lexical Imperfections in the Hague Regulations of 1907 The Hague Regulations (HR) annexed to the 1907 Hague Convention (IV) respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land were the first reasonably general codification of the law of war (as it was then called) in...
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Bryan Peeler
| Jan 2, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Reciprocity Without Retaliation: Rethinking Fairness in the Laws of War Editors’ note: This post is the second in a series relating to the author’s book, The Persistence of Reciprocity in International Humanitarian Law, published by Cambridge University Press. The...
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Rosa-Lena Lauterbach
| Oct 20, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
A Decisive Moment Concerning Individual Rights and the Law of War? The question of whether individuals can hold rights under international law has hovered at the edges of international jurisprudence for a century. From the Permanent Court of International Justice’s...
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Noam Lubell
| Oct 6, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, In Honor of Françoise Hampson
In Honor of Françoise Hampson – A Remembrance Editors’ note: This post introduces a series to honor Françoise Hampson, who passed away on April 18, 2025. The posts recognize Professor Hampson’s work and the significant contribution her scholarship made to our...
