A New Tool in the Fight Against Impunity for Core International Crimes
by Jan De Gols, Vaios Koutroulis | Mar 10, 2025 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog
A New Tool in the Fight Against Impunity for Core International Crimes Globalisation has made various aspects of our society more efficient over the past century. At the same time, it also brings with it a certain complexity. This is noticeable, for example, in the...
The New Crime of Kinocide
by Cochav Elkayam-Levy, Michal Gilad, Ilya Rudyak, Irwin Cotler | Mar 3, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development
The New Crime of Kinocide Editors’ note: This post is based on the work of The Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes Against Women and Children and its report “Kinocide: Uncovering the Weaponization of Families on October 7, 2023.” On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched...
The Silent Service: The Law of Armed Conflict’s Blind Spots Regarding Modern Submarine Warfare
by Christopher Hart, David Wallace | Feb 28, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Maritime
The Silent Service: The Law of Armed Conflict’s Blind Spots Regarding Modern Submarine Warfare Submarines play a critical role in warfare due to their stealth, speed, endurance, and firepower. These attributes make them the “queens of the chessboard” in naval strategy...
Terror, Chaos, and Shame: When Information Operations Constitute War Crimes
by Lindsay Freeman | Feb 26, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
Terror, Chaos, and Shame: When Information Operations Constitute War Crimes The informational dimension of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has provoked important debate around the legal framework applicable to information operations in armed conflict....