United States v. Najibullah Symposium – Bad Apples are Still Apples

United States v. Najibullah Symposium – Bad Apples are Still Apples

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...
Beyond Compliance Symposium – Beyond Typologies of Actors: Ambiguous Boundaries in Non-International Armed Conflicts

Beyond Compliance Symposium – Beyond Typologies of Actors: Ambiguous Boundaries in Non-International Armed Conflicts

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...
Beyond Compliance Symposium – Compliance + Restraint Towards Full(er) Protection in War

Beyond Compliance Symposium – Compliance + Restraint Towards Full(er) Protection in War

Beyond Compliance Symposium – Compliance + Restraint Towards Full(er) Protection in War Editors’ note: This post forms part of the Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to Prevent Harm and Need in Conflict, featured across Articles of War and Armed Groups and International...
Lieber Studies Making and Shaping LOAC Volume – The Application of LOAC in Domestic Courts and the Question of Expertise

Lieber Studies Making and Shaping LOAC Volume – The Application of LOAC in Domestic Courts and the Question of Expertise

Lieber Studies Making and Shaping LOAC Volume – The Application of LOAC in Domestic Courts and the Question of Expertise Editors’ note: This post is based on the author’s chapter in Making and Shaping the Law of Armed Conflict (Sandesh Sivakumaran and Christian R....
Joining in Wars

Joining in Wars

Joining in Wars Editor’s note: This post draws on the author’s paper with Miles Jackson and Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, “Identifying co-parties to armed conflict in international law: How states, international organizations and armed groups become parties to war” (2024)...