Is There a Victim State Exemption from Immunity Ratione Personae Accruing to Heads of Aggressor States?

Is There a Victim State Exemption from Immunity Ratione Personae Accruing to Heads of Aggressor States?

by | Sep 15, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, LOAC History

Is There a Victim State Exemption from Immunity Ratione Personae Accruing to Heads of Aggressor States? When considering the application of immunity ratione personae to heads of aggressor States, we invariably assume that it applies erga omnes, that is, vis-à-vis the...
Honest Errors, the Rendulic Rule, and Modern Combat Decision-Making

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

by | Oct 24, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, LOAC History

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...