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Ori Pomson
| Dec 12, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict, State Responsibility, Targeting
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Damage to UN Premises in Armed Conflict: IHL and Beyond Does a party to an armed conflict necessarily violate international law if it causes damage to United Nations (UN) premises? Certainly, the UN Secretariat considers that any...
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Aurel Sari
| Dec 11, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict
Israel – Hamas Symposium 2023 – Flooding Hamas Tunnels: A Legal Assessment Reports emerged last week suggesting that Israel is preparing to flood the network of tunnels constructed by Hamas underneath Gaza with sea water. According to unnamed U.S. officials cited in...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Dec 7, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Attacking Hamas – Part II, The Rules Editor’s Note: This post is the second in a two-part series that explores law of armed conflict targeting considerations inspired by the Israeli-Hamas conflict. The first post examined operational...
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Robert Kolb
| Nov 29, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force
Of Hague Law and Geneva Law For specialists of the law of armed conflict, the term “Hague Law” (HL) designates the rules related to the conduct of hostilities, the so-called means and methods of warfare. Meanwhile, the term “Geneva Law” (GL) refers to the rules...
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David Wallace,
Shane Reeves
| Nov 14, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Targeting Gaza’s Tunnels Hamas’s excavation and use of tunnels under Gaza has been and will continue to play a significant part in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. The labyrinth of tunnels adds complexity to an already...