Ukraine Symposium – Litigating the Act of Aggression as Human Rights Claims
by Revaz Tkemaladze | Feb 21, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Human Rights, Ukraine-Russia Symposium, Use of Force
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
by Samuel Bendett, David Kirichenko | Feb 19, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
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...
If the “Why” of War Shapes the “How” of Law, Who is Accountable?
by Davit Khachatryan | Jan 22, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force
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...
Ukraine Symposium – “Public Curiosity” and the North Korean POWs
by David Wallace, Shane Reeves | Jan 21, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – “Public Curiosity” and the North Korean POWs The Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict, which started with Russia’s takeover of Crimea in 2014 and grew with its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, escalated further with the recent...