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Robert Kolb,
Aymeric Hêche
| Apr 24, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
A Matter of Principle(s)? Acquiescence in International Humanitarian Law Like hidden bunkers blended in the landscape, the operation of general principles of law in international humanitarian law (IHL) is not conspicuous at first glance. When referring to general...
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Gerald Mako
| Apr 13, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Weapons Law
No New Rules Needed: Russia’s Minimalist Vision of Human Oversight for LAWS Editors’ note: This is the third post in a series dedicated to Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and the questions of human oversight and legal accountability under international...
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Gerald Mako
| Mar 27, 2026 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies
Human Oversight with Chinese Characteristics: Lethal Autonomous Weapons in the CCW GGE Editors’ note: This is the second post in a series dedicated to Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and the questions of human oversight and legal accountability under...
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Robert Kolb
| Jan 12, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force
Of Open and Closed Systems – War Caught in Lotus and Anti-Lotus Within every system of law there are open legal sub-systems that offer residual freedom to act and closed sub-systems where residual prohibitions prevail. In the first, the maxim is that what is not...
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Samuel White
| Jan 5, 2026 | AI, AoW Posts, Blog, Cyber
Year Ahead 2026 – Poisoned Wells Before The War In April 2026, and as part of my role at the National University of Singapore, I am hosting a regional conference on the intersection between artificial intelligence (AI) and international humanitarian law (IHL). The...
