Joint Blog Series: Urban warfare: The obligations of defenders January 28, 2019 3 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Joint Blog Series / Law and Conflict Aurel Sari The fifth post in our Joint Series as published by Lawfare—Urban warfare: The obligations of the ...
Joint Blog Series: Medical care in armed conflict PART I January 24, 2019 12 mins read Health Care / Joint Blog Series / Law and Conflict Marco Sassòli Rules regarding medical care in armed conflict have been a cornerstone of international humanitarian law (IHL) since it was first codified in 1864. ...
Joint Blog Series: Precautionary measures in urban warfare: A commander’s obligation to obtain information January 10, 2019 13 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Joint Blog Series / Law and Conflict Jonathan Horowitz Cities across the globe are expanding at unprecedented rates and this urban population boom is ...
The Independent Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission: Has the ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Awoken? January 9, 2018 14 mins read Accountability / Analysis / Law and Conflict Cristina Azzarello & Matthieu Niederhauser In 2015, the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (the Commission) received a great deal of attention after Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called for an ...
Military influence operations & IHL: Implications of new technologies October 27, 2017 11 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Pontus Winther The use of smartphones, apps, social media and other methods of digital communication between people ...
Autonomous weapons mini-series: Distance, weapons technology and humanity in armed conflict October 6, 2017 12 mins read Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Weapons Alex Leveringhaus In this blog post, I look at the ethical and legal ramifications of distance in ...
War in cities: How to treat the disease without killing the patient? September 26, 2017 12 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Review-related Vincent Bernard Fighting in cities today causes immense suffering, massive displacement and enormous reconstruction costs. How can ...
Out of balance: Global counter-terrorism & the laws of war September 15, 2017 5 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / Scope of application / Terrorism and IHL Stéphane Ojeda In recent years, the UN Security Council has strengthened its global counter-terrorism (CT) framework, perhaps ...
Space law revisited (3/3): The regime of international liability in space April 27, 2017 10 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Pavle Kilibarda Outer space is becoming an arena for technological shows of force – whether by deployment of spy satellites or testing of weapons. What ...
Fighting together: Obligations and opportunities in partnered warfare March 28, 2017 9 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / Partnering in Warfare Cordula Droege & David Tuck Partnered warfare — i.e. activities in support of Parties to armed conflict—is a reality that demands attention. For civilians, the sick, the wounded and for ...
IHL and Islam: An overview March 14, 2017 21 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Islamic Law / Law and Conflict / Primers Ahmed Al-Dawoody With armed conflicts taking place in so many parts of the Muslim world, the Islamic ...
From ‘false news’ to ‘fake news’: 3 lessons from history February 23, 2017 7 mins read Analysis / Review-related Audrey MacKay In the most recent issue of the International Review of the Red Cross, authors look back at the last century of war through ...
