Ukraine’s Suspension of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention

Ukraine’s Suspension of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention

Ukraine’s Suspension of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention On July 17, 2025, Ukraine suspended operation of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (Oslo-Ottawa Convention) and notified other State Parties through the UN Secretary General, the treaty’s designated...
Legal Accountability for AI-Driven Autonomous Weapons

Legal Accountability for AI-Driven Autonomous Weapons

Legal Accountability for AI-Driven Autonomous Weapons Editors’ note: This is the first post in a series dedicated to Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and the questions of human oversight and legal accountability under international humanitarian law. As...
Anti-Personnel Mines in a Post-Hostilities Environment: The Case of Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict

Anti-Personnel Mines in a Post-Hostilities Environment: The Case of Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict

Anti-Personnel Mines in a Post-Hostilities Environment: The Case of Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Few contemporary conflicts have been as deeply saturated with landmines as the protracted confrontation between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Over three decades of intermittent...
How Lessons Learned from the CCW Can Help Guide the Regulation of AWS

How Lessons Learned from the CCW Can Help Guide the Regulation of AWS

How Lessons Learned from the CCW Can Help Guide the Regulation of AWS Autonomous weapon systems have become a familiar set piece in contemporary International Humanitarian Law (IHL) debates. The questions are by now well-rehearsed: does the existing law of armed...
Tentative Remarks on Ukraine’s Suspension of the Ottawa Convention

Tentative Remarks on Ukraine’s Suspension of the Ottawa Convention

Tentative Remarks on Ukraine’s Suspension of the Ottawa Convention On June 29, 2025, the President of Ukraine signed a decree on the withdrawal of Ukraine from the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines...