by Michael W. Meier | Jul 31, 2023
2023 DoD Manual Revision – A Welcome Change to the Presumption of Civilian Status (Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of posts that will analyze and assess the 2023 revisions to the U.S. Department of Defense’s Law of War Manual.) On 11 July, the...
by Michael W. Meier | May 12, 2023
Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium – Protection of the Environment During an Occupation Editor’s note: The following post highlights a subject addressed during an expert workshop that the Lieber Institute co-convened alongside Harvard Law School’s Program on...
by Michael W. Meier | Dec 27, 2022
Responsible AI Symposium – Responsible AI and Legal Review of Weapons Editor’s note: The following post highlights a subject addressed at an expert workshop conducted by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy focusing on Responsible AI. For a general introduction to...
by Michael W. Meier | Jul 20, 2022
A New Political Declaration on Civilian Harm: Progress or Mythical Panacea? On June 17, against a backdrop of the Russian invasion of Ukraine that has now killed or wounded over 11,000 civilians in a little more than four months, a group of States, the International...
by Joshua F. Berry, Michael W. Meier | Oct 20, 2021
Hays Parks on the Means and Methods of Warfare Hays Parks was one of the leading voices of the United States’ view of the law of war over the last 50 years, and one of the founding fathers of the field of operational law in the U.S. military. Both of us are honored to...