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Michael N. Schmitt
| Dec 29, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
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...
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Ana Martin,
Catherine O’Rourke
| Dec 27, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Gender, Conflict and the Environment: Surfacing Connections in International Humanitarian Law Editor’s Note: This post is based on the authors’ article, “Gender, conflict and the environment: Surfacing connections in international humanitarian law”, International...
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Ori Pomson
| Dec 12, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict, State Responsibility, Targeting
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Damage to UN Premises in Armed Conflict: IHL and Beyond Does a party to an armed conflict necessarily violate international law if it causes damage to United Nations (UN) premises? Certainly, the UN Secretariat considers that any...
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Aurel Sari
| Dec 11, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict
Israel – Hamas Symposium 2023 – Flooding Hamas Tunnels: A Legal Assessment Reports emerged last week suggesting that Israel is preparing to flood the network of tunnels constructed by Hamas underneath Gaza with sea water. According to unnamed U.S. officials cited in...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Dec 7, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Attacking Hamas – Part II, The Rules Editor’s Note: This post is the second in a two-part series that explores law of armed conflict targeting considerations inspired by the Israeli-Hamas conflict. The first post examined operational...
