A Decisive Moment Concerning Individual Rights and the Law of War?

A Decisive Moment Concerning Individual Rights and the Law of War?

by | Oct 20, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict

A Decisive Moment Concerning Individual Rights and the Law of War? The question of whether individuals can hold rights under international law has hovered at the edges of international jurisprudence for a century. From the Permanent Court of International Justice’s...
Revisiting Customary IHL Series – The ICRC’s Study at 20

Revisiting Customary IHL Series – The ICRC’s Study at 20

by , , | Sep 19, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Revisiting Customary IHL Series

Revisiting Customary IHL Series – The ICRC’s Study at 20 Editors’ note: This post introduces a series relating to the ICRC’s Customary International Humanitarian Law Study, featured across Articles of War and Völkerrechtsblog. The series highlights presentations...
Prosecuting the Starvation War Crime in Germany: The Yarmouk Case

Prosecuting the Starvation War Crime in Germany: The Yarmouk Case

by | Aug 1, 2025 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict

Prosecuting the Starvation War Crime in Germany: The Yarmouk Case On 6 June 2024, the Investigative Judge at the Federal Court of Justice issued arrest warrants for five individuals apprehended in Germany. The suspects, taken into custody a month later, allegedly...
Israel-Hamas 2025 Symposium – Humanitarian Relief as a Bargaining Chip

Israel-Hamas 2025 Symposium – Humanitarian Relief as a Bargaining Chip

by | Mar 25, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict

Israel-Hamas 2025 Symposium – Humanitarian Relief as a Bargaining Chip Questions concerning the use of the starvation of civilians as a method of warfare have been discussed at length over the course of the past 536 days of war in the Gaza Strip. Some have submitted...
Year Ahead – A Year to Refrain from Destructive War Rhetoric

Year Ahead – A Year to Refrain from Destructive War Rhetoric

by | Jan 7, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict

Year Ahead – A Year to Refrain from Destructive War Rhetoric Editors’ note: We are pleased to announce that Articles of War has recently added several thematic editors to our staff. Each editor has contributed a post to this year’s Year Ahead series with thoughts on...