Dutch District Court Judgment on Military Support to and Trade with Israel
by Marten Zwanenburg, Johanna Trittenbach | Dec 23, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Policy, Weapons Law
Dutch District Court Judgment on Military Support to and Trade with Israel On Friday 13 December 2024, the District Court of the Hague handed down its judgment in a torts case related to the Netherlands’ military support to and trade cooperation with Israel. Al-Haq...
The Role of the Private Sector in Ensuring Respect for IHL
by Marten Zwanenburg | Oct 8, 2024 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict
The Role of the Private Sector in Ensuring Respect for IHL On September 12th, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) published its report, International Humanitarian Law and the Challenges of Contemporary Armed Conflicts. It is customary for the ICRC to...
Ukraine Symposium – Transfers of POWs to Third States
by Marten Zwanenburg, Arjen Vermeer | Jul 19, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict, Law of Neutrality, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Transfers of POWs to Third States Introduction On 9 June 2023, media reported that Hungary received eleven Ukrainian Prisoners of War (POWs) from Russia. More than a week later, Reuters reported that three of these persons had been repatriated to...
Dutch Judgment on IHL Compliance in Chora District, Afghanistan
by Marten Zwanenburg | Dec 19, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Dutch Judgment on IHL Compliance in Chora District, Afghanistan On 23 November 2022, the district court of the Hague handed down its judgment in a case brought against the State of the Netherlands by relatives of persons killed during fighting in the Chora district,...