Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – Civilian Protection as an Element of Military Advantage in Determining Proportionality

Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – Civilian Protection as an Element of Military Advantage in Determining Proportionality

Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – Civilian Protection as an Element of Military Advantage in Determining Proportionality In a prior post, I raised the issue of whether the protection of Israeli civilians may be treated as a military advantage in determining the...
Ukraine Symposium – New ICC Arrest Warrants for Russian Flag Officers

Ukraine Symposium – New ICC Arrest Warrants for Russian Flag Officers

Ukraine Symposium – New ICC Arrest Warrants for Russian Flag Officers The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) wanted list for Russian perpetrators of war crimes committed in Ukraine has doubled. Prosecutor Karim Khan announced arrest warrants against two Russian...
Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – Information Warfare and the Protection of Civilians in the Gaza Conflict

Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – Information Warfare and the Protection of Civilians in the Gaza Conflict

Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – Information Warfare and the Protection of Civilians in the Gaza Conflict In the recent Gaza conflict, the battle has extended into a conflict of morality, with each party attempting to demonize the other side to morally justify their...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Attacks and Misuse of Ambulances during Armed Conflict

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Attacks and Misuse of Ambulances during Armed Conflict

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Attacks and Misuse of Ambulances during Armed Conflict The current conflict in Gaza and Israel has caused unfathomable suffering to both sides with no end in sight. The scale of deaths and destruction in such a dense civilian...
Honest Errors, the Rendulic Rule, and Modern Combat Decision-Making

Honest Errors, the Rendulic Rule, and Modern Combat Decision-Making

Honest Errors, the Rendulic Rule, and Modern Combat Decision-Making In 1948, in a judgment commonly known as the Hostage case, a U.S. military tribunal at Nuremberg acquitted Lothar Rendulic, commander of the German 20th Mountain Army, of offences related to the...