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Dario Pronesti,
Jeroen van den Boogaard
| Mar 20, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium, Weapons Law
Ukraine Symposium – Landmines and the War in Ukraine Human Rights Watch has documented the use of both anti-vehicle and anti-personnel landmines in Ukraine. Following reports that Ukraine is using anti-personnel landmines (APLs) in violation of the Ottawa Convention,...
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Jeroen van den Boogaard
| Jul 8, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – The Release of Prisoners of War As announced by Ukrainian authorities on 29 June 2022, the largest exchange of prisoners of war took place since the invasion by the Russian Federation. No fewer than 144 Ukrainian soldiers were reportedly released,...
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Jeroen van den Boogaard
| Dec 11, 2020 | AoW Posts, Interpretation & Development, Topics
Reimagining IHL Principles Part II: A New Framework Part II: A New Framework for IHL Principles To open the debate, in my previous post I argued that military necessity, humanity, chivalry, and proportionality are not IHL principles. Rather, they are either...
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Jeroen van den Boogaard
| Dec 8, 2020 | AoW Posts, Interpretation & Development, Topics
Reimagining IHL Principles Part I: The Wrong Principles Part I: We Have Been Using the Wrong Principles Most textbooks and State military manuals on the law of armed conflict, or international humanitarian law (IHL), contain a chapter entitled “the principles of IHL.”...
