by Michael N. Schmitt | Nov 3, 2023
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – What is and is not Human Shielding? The use of human shields is looming large in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. President Biden has on numerous occasions charged Hamas with using civilians as human shields, as has European...
by Michael N. Schmitt, Kevin S. Coble | Sep 27, 2023
The Evolving Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict – An International Law Perspective – Part I Editors’ Note: This post is the first in a two-part series addressing international legal issues related to the ongoing situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. On 19 September,...
by Martha M. Bradley | Sep 7, 2023
The Mission Against IS-affiliate Ansar al-Sunna in Mozambique: Does the Law of NIAC Apply? In October 2017, Ansar al-Sunna, a non-State group, initiated a violent conflict in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. In April 2018, the group pledged allegiance to the Islamic State...
by Michael N. Schmitt | Aug 29, 2023
Ukraine Symposium – Territorial Acquisition and Armed Conflict Soon after the outbreak of its international armed conflict with Ukraine in 2014, Russia annexed Crimea. Eight years later, it also annexed territory around the four Ukrainian oblasts of Donetsk,...
by Orde F. Kittrie, Bruce Rashkow | Aug 24, 2023
The Pending Israel-Palestine ICJ Advisory Opinion: Threats to Legal Principles and Security The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is poised to eviscerate the longstanding “land for peace” legal framework for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which was...
