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Military Microreactors and the Law of Targeting

Nuclear powered microreactors may serve operational interests. However, their military usefulness does not eliminate their legal sensitivity.
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GC IV Commentary Series – The Prohibition of Deportation and Forcible Transfer

This post explores the meaning of forcible displacement and the temporal applicability of Article 49 of GC IV.
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GC IV Commentary Series – On Interpretive Methodology

In its recently updated commentary of Geneva Convention IV, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) explains the ...
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Lieber Studies Non-State Actor Attribution Volume Series – Artificial Intelligence and Attribution of Non-State Actors’ Conduct to States

Editors’ note: This post appears as an entry in a series dedicated to Dr Jennifer Maddocks’ monograph, Attribution of Non-State Actor Conduct during Armed Conflict, appearing in the Lieber Studies ...
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Asia-Pacific Journal Series – Introduction: Military AI Has Left the Laboratory

The defining military AI story is not autonomous robots replacing soldiers. It is the quiet integration of AI into almost every stage of military decision-making. AI systems now assist with ...
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Asia-Pacific Journal Series – Introduction: Military AI Has Left the Laboratory

Asia-Pacific Journal Series – Introduction: Military AI Has Left the Laboratory Editors’ note: This post appears as part of a series highlighting articles in a recent volume of the Asia-Pacific ...
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GC IV Commentary Series – Article 23 and Humanitarian Relief: What’s Right, What’s Left Unclear

Editors’ note: The following series considers ICRC’s 2025 updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention. Rosa-Lena Lauterbach, Liisi Adamson, and Sean Watts’s introduction to the series is ...
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GC IV Commentary Series – Individualization in Civilian Internment Decisions

Editors’ note: The following series considers ICRC’s 2025 updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention. Rosa-Lena Lauterbach, Liisi Adamson, and Sean Watts’s introduction to the series is ...
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GC IV Commentary Series – Introduction

Editors’ note: Sean Watts, co-author of this post, served on the Reading Committee that advised production of the ICRC’s Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention and co-authored two entries in it.
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GC IV Commentary Series – Individualization in Civilian Internment Decisions

GC IV Commentary Series – Individualization in Civilian Internment Decisions Editors’ note: The following series considers ICRC’s 2025 updated Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention. Rosa-Lena ...
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GC IV Commentary Series – The Prohibition of Deportation and Forcible Transfer

GC IV Commentary Series – Introduction Editors’ note: Sean Watts, co-author of this post, served on the Reading Committee that advised production of the ICRC’s Commentary on the Fourth Geneva ...