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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The Unreal Secrecy About Drone Killings

Last year, after concluding that many passages in the document “no longer merited secrecy,” the Second Circuit published a redacted version of the Justice Department’s July…

Apr. 9, 2015 Jameel Jaffer

Give the Nuclear Framework a Chance

Based on an initial reading, I believe the framework for a nuclear agreement with Iran is worth trying to develop into a concrete deal, as long as the US-led coalition stays tough…

Apr. 8, 2015 Rolf Mowatt-Larssen

Guest Post: To Ban New Weapons or Regulate Their Use?

In January, I highlighted the apparent anomaly of international law’s ban on laser weapons that are “specifically designed … to cause permanent blindness” while permitting…

Apr. 3, 2015 Charles J. Dunlap, Jr.

When Does Int’l Humanitarian Law Call for Releasing Prisoners in Armed Conflicts

On March 30, lawyers representing five Afghan detainees at Guantanamo Bay asked President Obama and four senior administration officials to release their clients on the grounds…

Apr. 2, 2015 Nathalie Weizmann

A Reply to Janina Dill: Common Ground

We firmly agree with Prof. Janina Dill that a broader societal understanding of civilian harm during wartime and how civilians view that harm is an important aspect of understanding…

Mar. 31, 2015 Laurie Blank, Geoffrey S. Corn and 1 more

Associated Forces: Why the Differences between ISIL and al-Qaeda Matter

Members of Ansar Dine in Timbuktu, Mali. Image credit: Magharebia via Wikimedia Commons. This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a…

Mar. 30, 2015 Ryan Goodman

“Proportionate” Collateral Damage and Why We Should Care About What Civilians Think

In their recent blog post “Surveying Proportionality: Whither the Reasonable Military Commander?” Laurie Blank, Geoffrey S. Corn, and Eric Jensen level three criticisms against…

Mar. 27, 2015 Janina Dill

International Law on the Saudi-Led Military Operations in Yemen

On Wednesday night, Saudi Arabia launched a military intervention in Yemen to stop Houthi advances through the country. Calling it “Operation Decisive Storm,” Saudi Arabia…

Mar. 27, 2015 Nathalie Weizmann

Surveying Proportionality: Whither the Reasonable Commander?

At least two surveys gathering information about “public perceptions” of proportionality and collateral damage are making their way around the international arena by way of…

Mar. 25, 2015 Laurie Blank, Geoffrey S. Corn and 1 more

Perfidy, ambush, snipers, and the COLE bombing (al Nashiri) case

Thanks to Rogier Bartels and Kevin Heller for their fascinating debate here and at Opinio Juris on whether the alleged Israeli/U.S. car-bomb operation operation that killed Hezbollah’s…

Mar. 24, 2015 Marty Lederman

No, Disguising Military Equipment As Civilian Objects to Help Kill Isn’t Perfidy

I read with great interest my friend Rogier Bartels’ long post arguing that it is perfidious to use a bomb planted in a civilian car to kill an enemy soldier. As Rogier notes,…

Mar. 24, 2015 Kevin Jon Heller

Killing With Military Equipment Disguised as Civilian Objects is Perfidy, Part II

On Friday, I concluded that modifying a civilian-looking vehicle into a military object to attack an adversary could indeed amount to perfidy during an international armed conflict.…

Mar. 23, 2015 Rogier Bartels

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