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Emily Crawford
| Feb 17, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict
The Terminological Architecture of the Jus in Bello: Law, Language and Warfare The lexicon governing the conduct of hostilities is not a static collection of synonyms but a dynamic field of ideological contestation. For centuries, the body of international law that...
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Rory Cox
| Feb 11, 2026 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Law of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium
Laws of Yesterday’s Wars Symposium – Hittite Laws of War Editor’s note: The following post highlights a chapter that appears in Samuel White’s fourth edited volume of Laws of Yesterday’s Wars published with Brill. For a general introduction to the series, see Dr...
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Robert Kolb
| Jul 29, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC
The 1892 Conferences on the Law of War published by Antoine Pillet From 1891 to 1892, Antoine Pillet, a prolific and eminent French professor of international law, was invited to teach a course on the law of war to the garrison officers at Grenoble, France. His...
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Andrea Logan
| Jul 21, 2025 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Ukraine-Russia Symposium, Use of Force
Ukraine Symposium – War Termination: Legal Implications for International Security The Kremlin announced on June 20 that it would finalize a date for a third round of peace talks with Ukraine. This follows two meetings in Istanbul on May 16 and June 2, 2025, marking...
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Thomas Wheatley
| Jul 2, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force
The Myth of Jus ad Bellum–Jus in Bello Purity In modern international law, the separation of jus ad bellum (the law governing the right to go to war) and jus in bello (the law governing conduct in war) is frequently treated as dogma. For some, this separation is...
