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Ori Pomson
| Dec 4, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Use of Force
Iran and Israel: The Light Treatment of Jus ad Bellum In the early hours of October 26, 2024, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) launched a large-scale attack against Iran. According to the IDF, these were “precise and targeted strikes against military targets in a...
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Rachel VanLandingham
| Oct 7, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Terrorism / Counter Terrorism, United States v Najibullah Symposium
United States v. Najibullah Symposium – Bad Apples are Still Apples Editors’ note: This post is part of a two-post symposium on a pretrial hearing in the case United States v. Najibullah. An introductory post by Professor Sean Watts provides background on the case and...
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Thea Charlotte Andersen
| Feb 23, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Regulating Military Force Series, Use of Force
Regulating Military Force Series – Enduringly Unwilling and Unable: The Syrian Chapter of the Forever Wars Saga Editors’ note: The author delivered remarks on the subject of this post at the conference “International Law and the Regulation of Resort to Force:...
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Jennifer Maddocks
| Jan 26, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Human Rights, Law of Armed Conflict
Detention by Non-State Armed Groups – A Review of Ezequiel Heffes’ Monograph Notwithstanding the ongoing hostilities between Russia and Ukraine, most conflicts today are non-international in character and involve one or more non-State armed groups (NSAG). Detention is...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Oct 10, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, State Responsibility, Terrorism / Counter Terrorism, Use of Force
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – The Legal Context of Operations Al-Aqsa Flood and Swords of Iron On Saturday morning, the armed wing of Hamas, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, a brutal surprise attack into Israel that included...
