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Marten Zwanenburg
| Oct 8, 2024 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict
The Role of the Private Sector in Ensuring Respect for IHL On September 12th, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) published its report, International Humanitarian Law and the Challenges of Contemporary Armed Conflicts. It is customary for the ICRC to...
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Sven Peterke,
Johannes van Aggelen
| Sep 30, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Human Rights, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
War as a Non-State-Centric Concept of Contemporary International Law Editors’ note: This post is drawn from the authors’ article-length work, “International Law’s Premature Farewell to the Concept of War” appearing in the Brazilian Journal of International Law. There...
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Anastasia Shesterinina
| Sep 24, 2024 | Beyond Compliance Symposium, Blog
Beyond Compliance Symposium – Beyond Typologies of Actors: Ambiguous Boundaries in Non-International Armed Conflicts The following post by Anastasia Shesterinina focuses on ambiguities in the boundaries between different categories of actors involved in armed...
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Ken Watkin
| Sep 4, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
International Law and Intelligence Gathering: Mind the Gaps Intelligence gathering is a fundamental element of both statecraft and the conduct of hostilities. Its integral role in armed conflict is evident in the Israel intelligence service, the Shin Bet, having...
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Frans von der Dunk
| Jul 26, 2024 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Cyber, Law of Armed Conflict, Space Law, State Responsibility, Use of Force
Space Privateers or Space Pirates? Armed Conflict, Outer Space, and the Attribution of Non-State Activities Famously, George Clemenceau, Prime Minister of France at the end of the First World War, quipped that “generals always prepare to fight the last war, especially...
