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Robert Kolb
| Aug 19, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Law of Armed Conflict
Killings of Prisoners of War and Refusal of Quarter – Present and Past Modern international humanitarian law (IHL) protects prisoners against attack or mistreatment from the moment they surrender or do something akin to surrender. Relevant provisions include Articles...
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Brian Jones
| Aug 5, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Surrender as a Weapon: Operational Paralysis and the Law of War In the opening days of the Operation Desert Storm ground campaign, Iraqi Soldiers surrendered by the tens of thousands. They surrendered to armor, to infantry, and in one famous instance, to a remotely...
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Emily Crawford
| Jul 31, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Law of Armed Conflict, Lieber Studies Armed Conflict in the Indo-Pacific Region Volume
Lieber Studies Indo-Pacific Volume – Prisoners of War and a Taiwan Conflict Editors’ note: This post is based on the author’s chapter in Armed Conflict and International Law in the Indo-Pacific Region (Douglas Guilfoyle & Jennifer Maddocks eds. 2026), the...
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Ken Watkin
| May 1, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Occupation
Patriotic War: Total Defence, Resistance, and Additional Protocol I Russia’s clear aggression towards Ukraine and its thinly veiled “hybrid war” against its other European neighbours has rightly caused alarm amongst these threatened States. European countries such as...
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Sean Watts
| Dec 17, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
Prisoner of War Repatriation and Interpretive Choice – Part III: A Lesson from Military History? Parts I and II of this three-part post outlined the legal framework applicable to post-war repatriation of prisoners of war and highlighted two prominent fault lines...
