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Aurel Sari
| Oct 19, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Facts Matter: Assessing the Al-Ahli Hospital Incident In the evening hours of October 17, 2023, reports emerged of an explosion at the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in the Gaza Strip. The Gazan Ministry of Health spoke of a massacre, suggesting...
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Omar Mekky
| Sep 25, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Terrorism / Counter Terrorism, Use of Force
Islamic Jihadism and the Laws of War In my position as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) regional legal coordinator in the Middle East and North Africa for the last ten years, I’ve had the sad privilege to witness the ugly wars between various States...
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Michael N. Schmitt,
Kevin S. Coble
| Sep 18, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict
United States Transfers Depleted Uranium Rounds to Ukraine: The Legal Issues On September 6, the United States announced it was sending 120 mm depleted uranium armor-piercing tank rounds to Ukraine for use in the 31 M1A1 Abrams tanks to be delivered this fall. In...
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Brian L. Cox
| Jul 21, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict, Weapons Law
The Biden Administration’s Decision to Transfer Cluster Munitions to Ukraine: Legal and Policy Considerations The Biden administration recently announced the approval of a new arms package for Ukraine that will, for the first time, include the provision of cluster...
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Charles Trumbull
| Jul 10, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Humanitarian Protection, Law of Armed Conflict
Collateral Damage and Innocent Bystanders in War This post is based on the author’s article in the Stanford Journal of International Law and is posted here with the permission of SJIL. It is generally accepted in moral philosophy that it is prohibited to knowingly...
