Criminal Organisations Party to an Armed Conflict and the Question of Targeting

Criminal Organisations Party to an Armed Conflict and the Question of Targeting

Criminal Organisations Party to an Armed Conflict and the Question of Targeting This post is drawn from the authors’ article-length work, “Targeting Drug Lords: Challenges to IHL Between lege lata and lege ferenda” appearing in the International Review of the Red...
Year Ahead – International Humanitarian Law at Risk

Year Ahead – International Humanitarian Law at Risk

Year Ahead – International Humanitarian Law at Risk I leave 2023 behind, dismayed about the state of international humanitarian law (IHL) and concerned that its effectiveness on the battlefield is at risk. In this year-ahead post, I highlight five threats as...
The U.S. DoD’s New Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Policy and “Harm Resulting From” Military Operations

The U.S. DoD’s New Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Policy and “Harm Resulting From” Military Operations

The U.S. DoD’s New Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Policy and “Harm Resulting From” Military Operations In a much-celebrated move in late December 2023, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) made good on its promise to publish an enterprise-wide policy on...
Ukraine Symposium – Retaliatory Warfare and International Humanitarian Law

Ukraine Symposium – Retaliatory Warfare and International Humanitarian Law

Ukraine Symposium – Retaliatory Warfare and International Humanitarian Law On 29 December, Russia launched a massive country-wide drone and missile assault on Ukraine. Although Ukraine shot down 114 of the 158 inbound missiles, over 40 Ukrainian civilians died in the...
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – The Legal Protection of Hospitals during Armed Conflict

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – The Legal Protection of Hospitals during Armed Conflict

Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – The Legal Protection of Hospitals during Armed Conflict The murder of Israeli civilians and the taking of hostages, including children, on October 7 provoked widespread outrage, and rightly so. But since then, that outrage has...