by Katharine Fortin, Ezequiel Heffes, Sean Watts | Feb 5, 2025 | Al Hassan Symposium, AoW Posts, Blog, Terrorism / Counter Terrorism
Al Hassan Symposium – (Re) Introduction In July of 2023, Articles of War and Armed Groups and International Law jointly launched a series of posts covering the forthcoming trial judgment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Prosecutor v. Al Hassan. The case...
by Alexander Hernandez, Liz Hutton | Jan 28, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
The Status of the U.S. Coast Guard’s People, Bases and Equipment, and Vessels Under LOAC The U.S. Naval Institute (USNI) recently published an article highlighting the integral role the U.S. Coast Guard might play in a future high-intensity conflict. Set in the...
by Davit Khachatryan | Jan 22, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force
If the “Why” of War Shapes the “How” of Law, Who is Accountable? The ongoing armed conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza illustrate the dangerous consequences of conflating jus ad bellum and jus in bello. This conflation risks undermining the universality of international...
by Eric Jensen, J. Stone Wilson | Jan 8, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Common Article 2 and Non-State Reciprocity in the Law of Armed Conflict Editors’ note: This post is an abbreviated version of an article appearing in the Emory International Law Review Volume 39 (2025). When the States that signed the 1949 Geneva Conventions...
by Rosa-Lena Lauterbach | Jan 7, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Year Ahead – A Year to Refrain from Destructive War Rhetoric Editors’ note: We are pleased to announce that Articles of War has recently added several thematic editors to our staff. Each editor has contributed a post to this year’s Year Ahead series with thoughts on...