This post disentangles the legal elements that are relevant to taxation practices concerning humanitarian relief.

The many theories on belligerent occupation that were raging at the beginning of the 20th century are little known.

This post focuses on the potential use of BCIs in connection with interrogations of persons protected under GC IV.

This post argues instead that no due diligence obligation exists under international law in respect of transit States.

This post examines how principles can assist in situations not specifically envisaged at the time of their adoption, such as ...

PSYOPS inviting enemy personnel to defect / surrender can save lives on both sides of a conflict and weaken an armed group ...

Editors’ note: The author of this post served on the Reading Committee of the updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention project. He provided feedback on early versions of the Commentary and ...

In early September, social media users uploaded videos depicting a Ukrainian drone spewing a burning substance along a dense tree line, allegedly where Russian troops were hiding (see here, here, here ...

In March 2021, a UN Panel of Experts on Libya reported a possible use of lethal autonomous weapons systems—such as the STM Kargu-2—which “were programmed to attack targets without requiring data ...