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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...
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Benjamin R. Farley
| Nov 6, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Law of Neutrality, Terrorism / Counter Terrorism
International Law, Political Will, and Regulation of the Foreign-Fighter Phenomenon Editor’s Note: This post is based on an article, “Regulating the Foreign-Fighter Phenomenon” published in the Virginia Journal of International Law, available here. Across at least...
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Emily Crawford
| Jul 20, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict
Release, Repatriation, and Parole of POWs: Lessons from Recent Practice in the Ukraine-Russia Conflict The start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is famously connected to the events that took place on Snake Island. During the early stages of the invasion,...
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Benjamin R. Farley
| Oct 24, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Detention, Law of Armed Conflict
The Syrian Democratic Forces, Detained Foreign Fighters, and International Security Vulnerabilities Three-and-a-half years since the United States, its coalition partners, and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) overpowered the last redoubt of the Islamic State of Iraq...
