UN bought essential time for States and armed forces to reveal the principles and practices of AI-enabled LAWS.

The term “brain fingerprinting” may suggest a standard of reliability not matched by the result, as fingerprinting is more ...

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.

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 ...

ICJ's approach in 2025 Obligations of Israel advisory opinion raises important questions regarding the nature of the advisory function.

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

We do not take issue with the basic premise that prosecutors often prioritize what they consider the most easily proven suspected crimes. Whether this approach advances the societal interests ...

This post is based on the author’s article in the Stanford Journal of International Law and is posted here with the permission of SJIL. It is generally accepted in moral philosophy that it is ...

Since the 19th century, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has produced a long line of commentaries explaining the core treaties of international humanitarian law (IHL). It is ...

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 ...