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20 Jul

[Netta Goussac is Special Counsel at Lexbridge and Associate Senior Researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Rain Liivoja is Professor and Deputy Dean (Research) at the University of Queensland Law School, and a Director of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Law and Security.] Legal reviews of new weapons, means and methods of warfare feature prominently in the international discussion on the...

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20 Jul

[Marco Roscini is Professor of International Law at the University of Westminster and a Senior Fellow at the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence] Most discussions of military AI and international humanitarian law (IHL) focus on autonomous weapons, targeting decisions and accountability. AI does raise difficult questions concerning compliance with the rules on the conduct of hostilities and the allocation of responsibility when AI-enabled...

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20 Jul

[LtCol Nick Wobma is Deputy Head of the Law Branch at the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence. Maria Tolppa is Law Researcher at the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence. Kubo Mačák is Professor of International Law at the University of Exeter.] Few technologies have had as significant and dramatic an impact on contemporary life as artificial intelligence (AI). The use (and...

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18 Jul

[Terje Einarsen is Professor of International Law at the University of Bergen, former Judge at Gulating Court of Appeals and Chairperson of the Norwegian Section of International Commission of Jurists] Part I of this post discussed the institutional and political context for the upcoming ASP meeting. It also considered issues of due process and argued that the front door to removal and suspension through...

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18 Jul

[Bikashita Choudhury is a Research Associate with the Ocean Law and Policy team at the Centre for International Law (CIL), National University of Singapore] When the United States (US) detained the ship Marinera in the Atlantic Ocean, it reported that it had been tracking the ship for weeks, noting its suspicious behaviour and probable involvement in illegal activities. US authorities mentioned...

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17 Jul

[Taylor Kate Woodcock is a researcher in public international law at the T.M.C. Asser Instituut and Jessica Dorsey is an Assistant Professor of International Law at Utrecht University School of Law and Managing Editor of Opinio Juris.]  Four and a half months have passed since the Minab school bombing by United States forces in Iran on 28 February 2026, killing at least 157 people – including 120...

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15 Jul

[Mohammad Saleh Anisi is a lecturer of science and culture at the University of Tehran Faculty of Law] The 2026 FIFA World Cup was supposed to be remembered for its expanded format, its three host nations, and the spectacle of 104 matches across the continent. Instead, it may be remembered for a different kind of drama, one that unfolded not on the pitch but in...

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14 Jul

[Yussef Al Tamimi is an Assistant Professor of Law at the Central European University in Vienna. Yussef was involved in drafting the complaint to the European Investment Bank] On 19 July 2024, the International Court of Justice held that, by virtue of the prohibition of the acquisition of territory by force, all States are under an obligation: “to take steps to...

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14 Jul

[Alexandria Virginski is a legal scholar whose research explores the intersections of human rights, international law, and security. She holds a JD from the University of Wisconsin Law School and BA degrees in International Relations and Spanish from Michigan State University] The number of armed conflicts globally has reached levels not seen since World War II, and the intensity of conflicts has increased as...

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13 Jul

[Laura Duchamp is a Legal Researcher at the International Commission of Jurists] Children are not merely subjects of protection but rights-holders, entitled to exercise their human rights within fair proceedings. Due to their age and evolving capacities, children need enhanced support to effectively enjoy those rights. The adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1989 marked a significant step by...

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13 Jul

Arafat Hosen Khan is a Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE Law School, a qualified English Barrister, an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, and author of The Constitution of Bangladesh: People, Politics, and Judicial Intervention (Routledge, 2022). On 16 November 2025, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity arising from the July–August...

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08 Jul

[Dr Aurel Sari is a Professor of Public International Law at the University of Exeter] Over the past two years, the Journal of Conflict and Security Law hosted an exchange on a question which until that point had received little attention in the literature: what does it mean for civilian harm to be ‘incidental’ within the meaning of the proportionality rule? Professor Luigi Daniele opened...

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