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Stuart Casey-Maslen
| Jun 20, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Terrorism / Counter Terrorism
The Prosecution of Terrorism as a War Crime Despite the persistent condemnation of terrorism by States and international organizations, and the frequent prosecution of terrorism as an offence under domestic law, the prosecution of terrorism as a war crime is a...
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Michael N. Schmitt,
Alexander Hernandez
| Jun 4, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Occupation, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Seizure of Private Real Property and Transfer of Civilians into Occupied Territory In May 2025, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that “Russia is inventorying real estate in occupied Ukraine in order to seize property from Ukrainian...
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Nikoloz Mosidze
| May 28, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Hand-to-Hand Combat, “Double-Tapping,” “Dead-Checking,” and the Issue of “Last Mercy” Under IHL Last November, a video depicting one of the most brutal encounters of the Russo-Ukrainian war circulated widely across social media. In the small Ukrainian village of...
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Jennifer Maddocks
| Apr 30, 2025 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Human Rights, Lieber Studies Civilian Protection in Armed Conflict: Select Issues
Lieber Studies Series – Military Investigations Editors’ note: This post is based on the author’s chapter in Civilian Protection in Armed Conflict: Select Issues (Jelena Pejic and Margaret Kotlik eds. 2025), the eleventh volume of the Lieber Studies Series published...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Apr 18, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict
Israel-Hamas 2025 Symposium – Releasing Civilian Hostages and Returning Hostage Remains On 7 October 2023, Hamas fighters took 251 hostages during its infamous attack on Israel. Although many were Israel Defense Force (IDF) soldiers, the vast majority were civilians,...
