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Eliav Lieblich
| Feb 20, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Occupation
The Forthcoming ICJ Advisory Opinion on Israel/Palestine and the Doctrine of Illegal Occupation On January 9th, 2023, the UN General Assembly requested the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to provide an advisory opinion on two questions. The first concerns the...
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Matteo Winkler
| Aug 2, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Human Rights, Law of Armed Conflict
A Queer Eye on the Law of Armed Conflict Author’s note: This post reflects a presentation given at the twenty-second congress of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War (ISMLLW) held in Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, between May 10 and 14, 2022...
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Geoff Corn
| Mar 3, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Detention, History of LOAC, Law of Armed Conflict, Occupation, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Prisoners of War in Occupied Territory It seems increasingly likely that the international armed conflict raging in Ukraine will devolve into a partial Russian occupation of large portions of Ukrainian territory. President Putin may very well declare annexation—or...
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Marco Sassòli
| Mar 3, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Occupation, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Application of IHL by and to Proxies: The “Republics” of Donetsk and Luhansk From March 2014 until 23 February 2022, Russia denied any involvement in Ukraine (other than Crimea which it has annexed). It claimed that hostilities in the Donbas were conducted by forces...
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David Wallace
| Feb 7, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, LOAC History, Occupation
Reflections on the Law of Occupation: Afghanistan and Iraq A recent New York Times article discussed, in part, the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, raising important, yet underexplored, questions about occupations under the law of armed conflict (LOAC). The...
