I Spy: Espionage, Perfidy, and Fighting in the Shadows

I Spy: Espionage, Perfidy, and Fighting in the Shadows

I Spy: Espionage, Perfidy, and Fighting in the Shadows In a 2024 Articles of War post, I identified that intelligence gathering, including espionage, is authorized by both treaty and customary international law during armed conflict. For international armed conflicts,...
Al Hassan Symposium – Justice Served (f)or Justice Denied? – The ICC Trial Chamber’s Approach to the War Crime of Passing Sentences Without a Regularly Constituted Court under Article 8(2)(c)(iv) of the Rome Statute

Al Hassan Symposium – Justice Served (f)or Justice Denied? – The ICC Trial Chamber’s Approach to the War Crime of Passing Sentences Without a Regularly Constituted Court under Article 8(2)(c)(iv) of the Rome Statute

Al Hassan Symposium – Justice Served (f)or Justice Denied? – The ICC Trial Chamber’s Approach to the War Crime of Passing Sentences Without a Regularly Constituted Court under Article 8(2)(c)(iv) of the Rome Statute The following post by Hannes Jöbstl focuses on the...
Attacking a Pipeline: Legal Issues for Consideration

Attacking a Pipeline: Legal Issues for Consideration

Attacking a Pipeline: Legal Issues for Consideration Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 are pipelines constructed by a Russian State-controlled company called Gazprom to transport 110 billion cubic metres of natural gas per year from the Russian Federation under the...
Israel-Hamas 2024 Symposium – Pro-Israel Lawfare, Symbolism, or Genuine Legal Concern?

Israel-Hamas 2024 Symposium – Pro-Israel Lawfare, Symbolism, or Genuine Legal Concern?

Israel-Hamas 2024 Symposium – Pro-Israel Lawfare, Symbolism, or Genuine Legal Concern? Israel often perceives itself at the receiving end of what today is termed “lawfare”: warfare by legal means or the use of strategic litigation to achieve in the courtroom...
Lieber Studies Making and Shaping LOAC Volume – The Development of the LOAC by International Criminal Tribunals

Lieber Studies Making and Shaping LOAC Volume – The Development of the LOAC by International Criminal Tribunals

Lieber Studies Making and Shaping LOAC Volume – The Development of the LOAC by International Criminal Tribunals Editors’ note: This post is based on the author’s chapter in Making and Shaping the Law of Armed Conflict (Sandesh Sivakumaran and Christian R. Burne...