Armed Conflict

Just Security’s expert authors provide analysis on the legal, policy, and strategic dimensions of armed conflict, including the Russia-Ukraine war, the Israel-Hamas war, counterterrorism operations, conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa, and other armed conflicts across the globe, with a focus on international humanitarian law, war crimes and accountability, mitigating and remedying civilian harm, and the humanitarian impacts of warfare.

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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

Would Arming Anti-Assad Rebels Trigger an “International Armed Conflict”—and War Crimes Prosecutions?

Earlier this week, Reuters reported that Gulf Arab States are considering arming militant groups in Syria to fend off Assad’s onslaught in Aleppo and elsewhere. There may be…

Sep. 30, 2016 Ryan Goodman

Triggers and Thresholds of Non-International Armed Conflict

When and where does the law of non-international armed conflict apply? Since most contemporary armed conflicts are fought between states and organized armed groups, or between…

Sep. 29, 2016 Adil Ahmad Haque

Aiding and Abetting for Saudi War Crimes: Lessons from Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project

In 2010, human rights organizations argued in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project that if we want to promote compliance with the law of armed conflict, we cannot punish advocacy…

Sep. 28, 2016 Jay Shooster

Two U.S. Positions on the Duty to Ensure Respect for the Geneva Conventions

When should the U.S. government reverse a previous U.S. interpretation of a treaty? Should there be a presumption against doing so, and what process and substantive reasons should…

Sep. 26, 2016 Ryan Goodman

Just Security’s Questions for Clinton and Trump

Given the importance of tonight’s prime-time debate between US presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, we’re again running our list of vital national…

Sep. 26, 2016 Just Security

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