In Honor of Françoise Hampson – Calibrating the Balance Between Military Necessity and Humanity in LOAC Practice

In Honor of Françoise Hampson – Calibrating the Balance Between Military Necessity and Humanity in LOAC Practice

In Honor of Françoise Hampson – Calibrating the Balance Between Military Necessity and Humanity in LOAC Practice Editors’ note: This post is part of a series to honor Françoise Hampson, who passed away on April 18, 2025. These posts recognize Professor Hampson’s...
An Operational Perspective of Military Advantage and Proportionality

An Operational Perspective of Military Advantage and Proportionality

An Operational Perspective of Military Advantage and Proportionality Scholars have described the law of targeting as lying at the heart of the law of armed conflict (LOAC). Within the law of targeting, the rule of proportionality requires military planners,...
Ukraine Symposium – Sunk in Battle but the War is Not Over: Who Owns the Moskva Now?

Ukraine Symposium – Sunk in Battle but the War is Not Over: Who Owns the Moskva Now?

Ukraine Symposium – Sunk in Battle but the War is Not Over: Who Owns the Moskva Now? The study of underwater cultural heritage, and that of sunken warships, has typically focussed on the legal protections surrounding a site in the years, or often centuries, after the...
Dutch District Court Judgment on Military Support to and Trade with Israel

Dutch District Court Judgment on Military Support to and Trade with Israel

Dutch District Court Judgment on Military Support to and Trade with Israel On Friday 13 December 2024, the District Court of the Hague handed down its judgment in a torts case related to the Netherlands’ military support to and trade cooperation with Israel. Al-Haq...
Attacking a Pipeline: Legal Issues for Consideration

Attacking a Pipeline: Legal Issues for Consideration

Attacking a Pipeline: Legal Issues for Consideration Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 are pipelines constructed by a Russian State-controlled company called Gazprom to transport 110 billion cubic metres of natural gas per year from the Russian Federation under the...