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Charles Trumbull
| Jul 10, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Humanitarian Protection, Law of Armed Conflict
Collateral Damage and Innocent Bystanders in War This post is based on the author’s article in the Stanford Journal of International Law and is posted here with the permission of SJIL. It is generally accepted in moral philosophy that it is prohibited to knowingly...
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Hitoshi Nasu
| Sep 6, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
“The Eye in Space”: ICEYE’s SAR Satellites and the Law of War Private companies play a significant role in shaping and sustaining the military’s warfighting capabilities. The space industry is no exception and their over-sized ability to dictate battlefield conditions...
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Tara Brown
| Aug 5, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Space Law, Targeting
Can Starlink Satellites Be Lawfully Targeted? In an earlier post, I discussed the special attribution regime in Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty (OST) and the risk of activities of commercial actors drawing States into existing armed conflicts. This analysis...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Jun 28, 2021 | AoW Posts, Blog, Targeting
Targeting Dual-Use Structures: An Alternative Interpretation In a recent Articles of War piece, I discussed protection of the media under international humanitarian law, a topic that had come to the fore when the Israel Defense Force (IDF) attacked the...