Lieber Studies Making and Shaping LOAC Volume – The Development of the LOAC by International Criminal Tribunals

Lieber Studies Making and Shaping LOAC Volume – The Development of the LOAC by International Criminal Tribunals

Lieber Studies Making and Shaping LOAC Volume – The Development of the LOAC by International Criminal Tribunals 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. Burne...
Israel-Hamas 2024 Symposium – Qassam Rockets, Weapon Reviews, and Collective Terror as a Targeting Strategy

Israel-Hamas 2024 Symposium – Qassam Rockets, Weapon Reviews, and Collective Terror as a Targeting Strategy

Israel-Hamas 2024 Symposium – Qassam Rockets, Weapon Reviews, and Collective Terror as a Targeting Strategy The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and its military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades (AQB), in the pursuit of its objective to “obliterate” Israel,...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Hostage Rescue Operations and the Law of Armed Conflict

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Hostage Rescue Operations and the Law of Armed Conflict

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Hostage Rescue Operations and the Law of Armed Conflict Last month, during a week-long ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Hamas released 110 hostages in exchange for 240 Palestinian prisoners. Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)...
Mass Grave in Sudan: Revisiting the Rules on the Treatment and Disposal of the Dead

Mass Grave in Sudan: Revisiting the Rules on the Treatment and Disposal of the Dead

Mass Grave in Sudan: Revisiting the Rules on the Treatment and Disposal of the Dead On July 13, 2023, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, reported that eighty-seven bodies were discovered in a mass grave in the west of the Darfur region in Sudan....