Regulating Military Force Series – A Future for the UN System of Collective Security?
by Erika de Wet | Feb 22, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Regulating Military Force Series, Use of Force
Regulating Military Force Series – A Future for the UN System of Collective Security? Editors’ note: This post is a condensed version of the author’s keynote address at the conference “International Law and the Regulation of Resort to Force: Exhaustion, Destruction,...
Regulating Military Force Series – Introduction
by Martin Faix, Marko Svicevic, Sean Watts | Feb 20, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Regulating Military Force Series, Use of Force
Regulating Military Force Series – Introduction In 1970, Professor Thomas Franck boldly concluded that only 25 years after the adoption of the UN Charter, Article 2(4) had been killed by the very States that had created it. In the 50 years since this conclusion,...
Pessimism Does Not Help Fragile States
by Tom Buitelaar, Welmoet Wels | Dec 11, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Other Bodies of Law, Policy
Pessimism Does Not Help Fragile States “An uncomfortable reality” is the title and conclusion of a recently published report that evaluates Dutch national participation in international peace and security missions. The report highlights the successes of the Dutch...
International Law, Political Will, and Regulation of the Foreign-Fighter Phenomenon
by 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...