Identifying NIAC Series – Classifying Battlefield Actors in NIAC: Another View on an Old Conundrum

Identifying NIAC Series – Classifying Battlefield Actors in NIAC: Another View on an Old Conundrum

Identifying NIAC Series – Classifying Battlefield Actors in NIAC: Another View on an Old Conundrum Editors’ note: This post appears as an entry in a series examining Dr Nathan Derejko’s book, Identifying Non-International Armed Conflict published by Cambridge...
In Honor of Françoise Hampson – Artificial Intelligence in Military Detention

In Honor of Françoise Hampson – Artificial Intelligence in Military Detention

In Honor of Françoise Hampson – Artificial Intelligence in Military Detention Editors’ note: This post is part of a series to honor Professor Françoise Hampson, who passed away on April 18, 2025. The posts touch on a few issues—in this case detention—that...
Lieber Studies Series – Civilian Protection in Armed Conflict: Select Issues

Lieber Studies Series – Civilian Protection in Armed Conflict: Select Issues

Lieber Studies Series – Civilian Protection in Armed Conflict: Select Issues Civilian protection is a basic aim and legal obligation of international humanitarian law (IHL) or the law of armed conflict (LOAC). Yet, as recent and ongoing armed conflicts in Gaza, Sudan,...
Humanitarian Assistance: Between the Law and Reality

Humanitarian Assistance: Between the Law and Reality

Humanitarian Assistance: Between the Law and Reality The catastrophic earthquakes that razed parts of Türkiye and Syria earlier this month have caused deaths, injuries, and damage of almost incomprehensible proportions. International aid requested by the Turkish...
The Other Side of Civilian Protection: The 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention

The Other Side of Civilian Protection: The 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention

The Other Side of Civilian Protection: The 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention The initial stage of an international armed conflict, such as the one in Ukraine, inevitably focuses international attention on the conduct of hostilities. This is to be expected, given the...