Armed Conflict

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Beyond Gitmo: What is the US Going to Do About the Coming Wave of ISIL Detainees?

With the Mosul battle raging and the Raqqa offensive possibly weeks away, U.S. policymakers and government attorneys will be facing a familiar kind of problem: What is going to…
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Technology and Autonomy in Warfare: A Consideration of the Issue by the US Defense Science Review Board

A new report from the Pentagon’s Defense Science Review Board (DSRB) provides a useful examination of the technical issues concerning the fielding of autonomous weapons. Unquestionably,…

UK Government’s Disappointing Dodge on Drones

A Royal Air Force Reaper RPAS (Remotely Piloted Air System) at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan- Wikimedia Commons [This post was first published 2:50EDT] The UK Government recently…
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The Right to Life as the Jus ad Bellum of Non-International Armed Conflict (A Reply to Lieblich)

An important question raised in a recent post in Just Security is what law governs when a state can resort to military force against a threat from a non-state actor. Professor…
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Full Text: “Oxford Guidance on Law of Relief Operations During Armed Conflict”

In today’s conflict zones, from Syria to Sudan, it is becoming increasingly difficult, if not impossible at times, for those providing humanitarian relief to reach the people…

Who is Responsible for the Yemen Funeral Bombing, and How?

The aftermath of a bombing by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. Photo: Almigdad Mojalli/IRIN The Saudi-led coalition has acknowledged, after initially denying, that it carried…

How We Read a NYT Story on UN Responsibility for Peacekeepers’ Misconduct

A new Haitian cholera vaccination program. Image by UN/MINUSTAH/Logan Abassi In this post, we’re trying something attempted once before at Just Security. Below, we present an…
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Untangling the Web of Actors in Syria and Additional Complexities of Classifying Armed Conflicts

As the international community struggles to find solutions to the humanitarian crisis in Syria, several recent posts at Just Security and elsewhere have offered interpretations…
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Shots Fired: A Reply to Gill and Watkin

Thanks to Terry Gill and Ken Watkin for their replies to my earlier post. To recall, the ICRC takes the view that the use of armed force by one State on the territory of another,…
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Letter to the Editor: The Best Way to Protect Hospitals in Wartime—Enforce Existing Law

No warfighter should attack a facility that houses the infirm and those who care for them.  Likewise, no able-bodied warfighter should seek protection in a medical facility, and…
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Letter to the Editor: “Lines in the Sand”—A Reply to Professor Haque

I have noted with interest Professor Adil Haque’s critique of my posts (here and here) concerning the classification of armed conflicts involving non-consensual cross border…
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Human Shields in Mosul

Daesh’s inhumanity seems to know no bounds.  For its latest depravity, the group has forcibly expelled hundreds of civilians from nearby villages and forced them to serve as…
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