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Arthur van Coller
| Jan 17, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Israel-Hamas 2024 Symposium – Qassam Rockets, Weapon Reviews, and Collective Terror as a Targeting Strategy The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and its military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades (AQB), in the pursuit of its objective to “obliterate” Israel,...
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Arthur van Coller
| Nov 6, 2023 | 2023 DoD Manual Revision, AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
2023 DoD Manual Revision – Redefining Doubt The third edition of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Law of War Manual, updated in December 2016, rejected the customary international law status of the legal presumption of civilian status for persons and objects in...
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Arthur van Coller
| Jun 12, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict
Detonating the Air – The Legality of the Use of Thermobaric Weapons under International Humanitarian Law This post is drawn from the author’s article-length work, “Detonating the Air: The Legality of the Use of Thermobaric Weapons under International...