Law of Armed Conflict/IHL

With ASEAN, East Asian, and G20 Summits coming up in the region, it's not too late for effective measures to compel a positive change.

Captured members of UAF units - including the Azof and Aidar battalions - qualify as POWs and should be protected from prosecution for lawful acts of war by the combatant’s privilege.…

Despite a tendency to analyze global divisions over aggression trials through a “West” versus “Global South” binary, the longer-term stakes of accountability for Ukraine…

The Syrian government still has not been held accountable for its brutal chemical weapons attack on Ghouta ten years ago.

Отже, російські фіктивні судові процеси повністю нівелюють ці основоположні принципи МГП і спрямовані…

Biden's decision may end a dangerous practice of wishful thinking about U.S. exposure to the ICC’s jurisdiction, one that has helped enable U.S. policies ranging from attacks…

Since MSF raised the alarm about sexual violence and the crisis in eastern DRC as a whole, a slew of diplomats, U.N. officials, and local authorities have visited and expressed…

The involvement of lawyers allows combatants to absolve themselves from thinking about human rights considerations as long as they believe the military functions as part of a democratic…

The US, Russia, and other world powers have avenues both to halt the current situation and to pursue justice and accountability.

If the U.S. government requires metadata to prove evidence of civilian harm, it essentially means researchers will have to find the exact person who took the original image, speak…

Recognition would be a powerful diplomatic weapon for the US should China abandon a peaceful means to resolve the island's governance.

Commentary by Department of Defense General Counsel Caroline D. Krass