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Caitlin Chiaramonte,
William Casey Biggerstaff
| Nov 1, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Israel-Hamas 2023 Symposium, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting, Wounded and Sick
Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – Why Yahya Sinwar Was Not Hors de Combat On or about October 17, 2024, members of the Israel Defense Force (IDF) killed Yahya Sinwar, the political leader of Hamas and a suspected mastermind behind the October 7, 2023 attack that...
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Adam S. Reitz
| Apr 5, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Wounded and Sick
Hors De Combat: Clarifying the U.S. Law of War Manual The U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School instructs on international protections for the wounded and sick, one of the many aspects of the Geneva Conventions emphasized to both seasoned and new...
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William Casey Biggerstaff
| Aug 29, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Photos of the Dead As the death toll in the war between Russia and Ukraine climbs, the issue of how to properly treat the remains of dead soldiers has become a recurring theme (see, e.g., here and here). Some media reports claim, for example, that...
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Matt Montazzoli
| Jul 8, 2021 | AoW Posts, Blog, Humanitarian Protection, Targeting, Wounded and Sick
Down Is Not Always Out: Hors De Combat in the Close Fight Note: this piece builds on a recent article published in Infantry Magazine. While that article was intended “to equip infantry leaders with the knowledge required to train their soldiers to make confident,...
