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Sean Watts
| Dec 17, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
Prisoner of War Repatriation and Interpretive Choice – Part III: A Lesson from Military History? Parts I and II of this three-part post outlined the legal framework applicable to post-war repatriation of prisoners of war and highlighted two prominent fault lines...
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Sean Watts
| Dec 16, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
Prisoner of War Repatriation and Interpretive Choice – Part II: Involuntary Post-War Repatriation Part I of this three-part post outlined the law of war applicable to post-war repatriation of prisoners of war. It further recounted how questions concerning...
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Sean Watts
| Dec 15, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
Prisoner of War Repatriation and Interpretive Choice – Part I: The Legal Framework and Reciprocity Prisoner of war repatriations have long been thorny, contentious post-war affairs. Disputes over their timing, scope, and implementation have routinely threatened...
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Jennifer Maddocks
| Aug 16, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, State Responsibility, Terrorism / Counter Terrorism
ISIS Detentions in Syria and the Responsibility of Supporting States While the world’s attention is focused on the hostilities in Gaza and Ukraine, the conflict against ISIS in Syria and Iraq continues. Although out of the headlines, coalition forces led by the United...
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Pavle Kilibarda
| Feb 5, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Legal Reflections on the Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Exchange In early January, Russia and Ukraine announced the largest prisoner exchange since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. Mediated by the United Arab Emirates, the...
