Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium – Detention Operations in LSCOs: a U.S. Military Perspective

Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium – Detention Operations in LSCOs: a U.S. Military Perspective

Large-Scale Combat Operations Symposium – Detention Operations in LSCOs: a U.S. Military Perspective Editor’s note: The following post highlights a subject addressed during an expert workshop that the Lieber Institute co-convened alongside Harvard Law School’s Program...
Ukraine Symposium – Doxing Enemy Soldiers and the Law of War

Ukraine Symposium – Doxing Enemy Soldiers and the Law of War

Ukraine Symposium – Doxing Enemy Soldiers and the Law of War This post was prepared in academic consultation with Major Inna Zavorotko, a lawyer with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense Legal Division. A fuller treatment of wartime doxing, including in the context of...
Biometrics and International Humanitarian Law

Biometrics and International Humanitarian Law

Biometrics and International Humanitarian Law In August 2021, reporting emerged that biometric devices used by United States armed forces in Afghanistan had fallen into the hands of the Taliban. This raised immediate concerns that the devices and the data they give...
The Updated GCIII Commentary: A Flawed Methodology?

The Updated GCIII Commentary: A Flawed Methodology?

The Updated GCIII Commentary: A Flawed Methodology?   In June of 2020, as part of its ongoing multi-year effort, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) launched its updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention of 1949. The Commentary analyzes...