Terror, Chaos, and Shame: When Information Operations Constitute War Crimes

Terror, Chaos, and Shame: When Information Operations Constitute War Crimes

Terror, Chaos, and Shame: When Information Operations Constitute War Crimes The informational dimension of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has provoked important debate around the legal framework applicable to information operations in armed conflict....
Ukraine Symposium – Litigating the Act of Aggression as Human Rights Claims

Ukraine Symposium – Litigating the Act of Aggression as Human Rights Claims

Ukraine Symposium – Litigating the Act of Aggression as Human Rights Claims The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine reports that since February 2022, there have been 40,176 verified civilian casualties caused by the conflict in Ukraine: 12,340 killed and...
Ukraine Symposium – The Continuing Autonomous Arms Race

Ukraine Symposium – The Continuing Autonomous Arms Race

Ukraine Symposium – The Continuing Autonomous Arms Race As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags into a grueling war of attrition, both sides are intensifying efforts to achieve a battlefield breakthrough with technological innovation. The invasion has sparked a rapid...
Countering Space-Based Weapons of Mass Destruction

Countering Space-Based Weapons of Mass Destruction

Countering Space-Based Weapons of Mass Destruction Russia’s alleged effort to develop a space-based nuclear weapon threatens to violate the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, undermine international peace and stability, and hold at risk the peaceful use of space for all...
If the “Why” of War Shapes the “How” of Law, Who is Accountable?

If the “Why” of War Shapes the “How” of Law, Who is Accountable?

If the “Why” of War Shapes the “How” of Law, Who is Accountable? The ongoing armed conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza illustrate the dangerous consequences of conflating jus ad bellum and jus in bello. This conflation risks undermining the universality of international...