Armed Conflict

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International Law and Proposed U.S. Responses to the D.N.C. Hack

In a short essay in Foreign Policy, retired Admiral James Stavridis addresses recent election season cyber operations against the Democratic National Party that the U.S. has attributed…

Oct. 14, 2016 Sean Watts

Letter to the Editor: Not So Fast on Calling it an “Armed Conflict” Between the US and Syria

In Tuesday’s provocative entry, “Is the United States Already in an ‘International Armed Conflict’ with Syria?,” Ryan Goodman states not only that the US is engaged…

Oct. 13, 2016 Gabor Rona

The Law of Consent-Based Interventions

In a recent Just Security post, Adil Ahmad Haque asks what legal rules constrain the use of military force by an intervening state acting without the host state’s consent. Recognizing…

Oct. 13, 2016 Rebecca Crootof and Sarah Weiner

Between the Law of Force and the Law of Armed Conflict

Last week, I argued in favor of the ICRC’s position that if one state uses armed force in the territory of another state then an international armed conflict (IAC) arises between…

Oct. 13, 2016 Adil Ahmad Haque

De Facto and De Jure Non-International Armed Conflicts: Is It Time to Topple Tadić?

When does violence between a state and non-state actor constitute an armed conflict and thus trigger the system of legal rules that apply in non-international armed conflict (NIAC)?…

Oct. 13, 2016 Michael J. Adams and Ryan Goodman

If Burundi Leaves the Int’l Criminal Court, Can the Court Still Investigate Past Crimes There?

Last week, Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza’s office announced that his country had begun taking steps to leave the International Criminal Court, of which it has been a member…

Oct. 12, 2016 Alex Whiting

Why French President’s Threat of War Crimes Prosecutions against Russia, Syria Rings Hollow—But Needn’t

CNN is reporting that Russian President Vladimir Putin has canceled a visit to France next week following French President Francois Hollande’s statement that he would tell Putin…

Oct. 11, 2016 Ryan Goodman

Is the United States Already in an “International Armed Conflict” with Syria?

Many are debating whether the Obama administration should essentially go to war with Syria in an effort to halt the atrocities that Assad is committing in Aleppo and elsewhere…

Oct. 11, 2016 Ryan Goodman

Can States Legally Provide Targeting Assistance to War Criminals?

Last week, when I challenged an argument for US liability for war crimes in Yemen, I didn’t anticipate ending up on the other side of a (somewhat heated) Twitter debate with…

Oct. 7, 2016 Jay Shooster

A Humanitarian Exception to the Principle of Non-Intervention?: Measures Below the Use of Armed Force to Save Aleppo

Do the atrocities in Aleppo and elsewhere in Syria permit the United States and other states to engage in intrusive actions against the Assad regime that would not ordinarily be…

Oct. 6, 2016 Ryan Goodman

If the Saudi-Led Coalition is Committing War Crimes, the US is Aiding and Abetting Them

A few days ago, Ryan Goodman announced on Twitter that we should expect “a challenge to (some) critics of Defense Department support to Saudi Arabia.” Jay Shooster published…

Oct. 6, 2016 Scott Paul

Whose Armed Conflict? Which Law of Armed Conflict?

When one state, say, the United States, uses military force on the territory of another state, say, Syria or Pakistan, without the consent of that state, what legal rules constrain…

Oct. 4, 2016 Adil Ahmad Haque

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