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Robert Kolb,
Pavle Kilibarda
| May 20, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification
Statehood in Conflict Classification: Revisiting Recognition in Contemporary IHL After more than a decade since the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo and the independence and admission of South Sudan into the United Nations, there has been another rise...
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Alexander Orakhelashvili
| Jun 25, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Occupation
Statehood and the Law of Armed Conflict This post highlights an important aspect of my latest monograph, The Essence and Reality of States – Effectiveness, Recognition and Legitimacy. The monograph is mainly about the genealogy of notions that have long informed...
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Inbar Shamay,
Tal Mimran
| Mar 5, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Other Bodies of Law
The New Syria and Its Obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention On December 8, 2024, after weeks of hostilities, rebel groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) captured the capital city of Damascus and took control over the Syrian State. This historic...
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Benjamin R. Farley
| Mar 5, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict, Terrorism / Counter Terrorism
Israel-Hamas 2024 Symposium – Israel’s Declaration of War on Hamas: A Modern Invocation of Recognized Belligerency? Hours after Hamas launched a horrific and unprecedently large-scale terrorist assault on Israel, the Israeli Security Cabinet invoked, for the first...
