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17 May Who are the Occupants? — A Reply to Dr. Nguyen’s Post
...Republic of China government declared sovereignty over the Islands in 1947; only France voiced objections. The Silent International Community after the Armed Conflicts in 1974 The law of occupation is a matter of jus in bello, but the sovereignty of the battlefield is not. As is also noted by Dr. Nguyen, the claim of reparation relies on a prior wrongful act of occupying foreign territories. The international community generally does not acquiesce to unlawful attacks of foreign territories. For example, the disputed Six-Day War in 1967 received a unanimous Security...19 Sep Chess, Politics, and the Ground Zero Islamic Center Debacle
...saying. Via ChessVibes and OneFIDE, Ilyumzhinov is quoted at having said: “As President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), and as a person who has always supported inter religious understanding, I propose the construction of an International Chess Center at the site in question. Chess is a unique and intellectual game, it came to the West from the East, unites every country, and it has affinities with every religion equally. My dream as President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) is that chess becomes the only “battlefield” between East and...03 May How Should the OBL Operation be Characterized?
...and Kooijmans recognized that in a post-9/11 world containing failed states, state practice strongly supports the view that an expansive reading of Article 51 to include non-state actors is appropriate. Sunday’s operation was another example of state practice undertaken with the belief that the boundaries of the battlefield are not determined by geopolitical lines but rather by the location of participants in an armed conflict, whether the participants are states or non-state actors. This continues to be the standard for determining where the law of armed conflict is properly applied....09 Feb Videogames and the Red Cross (Updated)
...Johnson can continue to use the red cross on products it has manufactured for a century, but can not on new developments like liquid bandages). While nothing like the penalties a warrior might face for abuse of the red cross emblem on the battlefield, it still should get the attention of game developers who presumably are accustomed to at worst facing the prospect of civil suits over potential intellectual property infringement. For those interested in exploring the topic further, an article published by the Red Cross itself is available here....29 May New Laws for a New Cybercommand?
...should use cyberweapons, and the public announcement on Friday is expected to focus solely on defensive steps and the government’s acknowledgment that it needs to be better organized to face the threat from foes attacking military, government and commercial online systems. . . . “We are not comfortable discussing the question of offensive cyberoperations, but we consider cyberspace a war-fighting domain,“ said Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokesman. “We need to be able to operate within that domain just like on any battlefield, which includes protecting our freedom of movement and...04 Mar Yet Another Defense Attorney Attacked by the Bush Administration
...potential for other countries to provide captured U.S. military personnel with the same limited rights as the U.S. is proposing to use. “A principal concern as a member of the military is that I do not want my fellow service members placed in any jeopardy beyond the risk they already face,” he said. Mori told reporters he personally believes Hicks should be tried in an Australian court. Mori said he is not free to discuss the circumstances which led to Hicks’ battlefield capture, nor other specifics of Hicks’ case. However,...
20 Jul Symposium on Cyber, International Law and Artificial Intelligence in Armed Conflict: Introduction
...1 of the Geneva Conventions as a framework for governing military AI throughout its lifecycle. Moving beyond the traditional focus on battlefield decision-making and accountability, he argues that the obligation to “respect and ensure respect” for IHL has important implications for the design, development, testing, acquisition and deployment of AI systems, offering a due diligence perspective that extends well beyond operational use. Netta Goussac and Rain Liivoja examine one of the most practical safeguards available under existing IHL: legal reviews of military AI capabilities. They argue that legal review should...
06 Jun Can War Crimes Trials in Ukraine Convince Russians to Stop Supporting the War?
...serve to rally public support in Russia for Putin’s ‘special military operation’. It could also embolden soldiers on the battlefield to commit atrocities with impunity. Putin’s 12 July 2021 article “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians” imagines Ukraine as an inferior vassal of Russia. Putin branded Ukraine’s leadership as ‘neo-Nazis and drug addicts’ responsible for perpetrating ‘genocide’ against Donbas ethnic Russians. Sustained Kremlin rhetoric against Ukraine long predates the 24 February invasion and it helps explain the serious discrepancy between public opinion inside and outside Russia. The Kremlin’s...24 Nov UN Proposes to Use Surveillance Drones in DR Congo-Rwanda Conflict
...previous plan to get drones into DR Congo was dropped because of the cost, But the price of the technology has come down with so many countries now using unmanned planes for battlefield reconnaissance and espionage. “The UN has approached a number of countries, including the United States and France, about providing drones which could clearly play a valuable role monitoring the frontier,” a UN diplomat said, on condition of anonymity.” Clearly there will be political considerations though,” the diplomat added. The UN plan is only to have surveillance drones,...
20 Jul Symposium on Cyber, International Law and Artificial Intelligence in Armed Conflict: Military AI and Common Article 1 – From Accountability to Governance
...occur. Rather, as already said, they are expected to take all reasonable measures to prevent foreseeable violations and minimise the risks associated with the military uses of AI. The question, therefore, is not only whether AI complies with IHL once it is employed on the battlefield, but also what measures States are expected to adopt throughout the lifecycle of AI systems to reduce the likelihood of violations. The obligation to ensure respect first applies to a State’s own organs and to those individuals whose conduct is otherwise attributable to it....