The Conflict in Eastern DRC and the State Responsibility of Rwanda and Uganda

The Conflict in Eastern DRC and the State Responsibility of Rwanda and Uganda

The Conflict in Eastern DRC and the State Responsibility of Rwanda and Uganda In late January 2025, a rebel alliance involving the militia group M23 seized control over the town of Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Iran as a Party to an International Armed Conflict with Israel

Iran as a Party to an International Armed Conflict with Israel

Iran as a Party to an International Armed Conflict with Israel A recent Articles of War post argues that Iran’s “substantial involvement” in Hezbollah’s activities is sufficient to render it responsible for the latter’s armed attacks, thus triggering Israel’s right to...
Hybrid Threats and Grey Zone Conflict Symposium – Challenges in the Twilight of International Law

Hybrid Threats and Grey Zone Conflict Symposium – Challenges in the Twilight of International Law

Hybrid Threats and Grey Zone Conflict Symposium – Challenges in the Twilight of International Law Editors note: The following post highlights a chapter that appears in Mitt Regan and Aurel Sari’s recently published book Hybrid Threats and Grey Zone Conflict: The...
United States v. Najibullah Symposium – Taliban Combatant Immunity in Non-International Armed Conflict

United States v. Najibullah Symposium – Taliban Combatant Immunity in Non-International Armed Conflict

United States v. Najibullah Symposium – Taliban Combatant Immunity in Non-International Armed Conflict 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...
Collective Self-Defense and the Internationalization of Armed Conflicts in Eastern DRC

Collective Self-Defense and the Internationalization of Armed Conflicts in Eastern DRC

Collective Self-Defense and the Internationalization of Armed Conflicts in Eastern DRC Nearly a decade after the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed a ceasefire agreement with the March 23 (M23) rebel movement, violence has once again erupted in the...