rosa lauterbach
@rosalauterbach.bsky.social
research fellow & doctoral candidate at iipsl.jura.uni-koeln.de, thematic editor @articlesofwar.bsky.social
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In late October 2025, @CIJ_ICJ delivered another #AO in relation to Palestine. @jemtseva.bsky.social discusses in her post the “indispensable character” of the #UN and the provision of #humanitarianaid by new types of private actors. lieber.westpoint.edu/how-indispen...
The ICJ Obligations of Israel Advisory Opinion – How Indispensable Is the UN After All? - Lieber Institute West Point
This post focuses on the “indispensable character” of the UN and the provision of humanitarian aid by new types of private actors.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In late October 2025, @CIJ_ICJ delivered another #AO in relation to Palestine. @jemtseva.bsky.social discusses in her post the “indispensable character” of the #UN and the provision of #humanitarianaid by new types of private actors. lieber.westpoint.edu/how-indispen...
I’ve been wondering how the ICJ might address the law governing relief in armed conflict. Ahead of the opinion’s publication on Oct. 22, I sketched out some interpretive approaches that may inform the Court’s reasoning for @articlesofwar.bsky.social👇
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A Decisive Moment Concerning Individual Rights and the Law of War? - Lieber Institute West Point
The question of whether individuals can hold rights under IL has hovered at the edges of international jurisprudence for a century.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I’ve been wondering how the ICJ might address the law governing relief in armed conflict. Ahead of the opinion’s publication on Oct. 22, I sketched out some interpretive approaches that may inform the Court’s reasoning for @articlesofwar.bsky.social👇
lieber.westpoint.edu/decisive-mom...
lieber.westpoint.edu/decisive-mom...
Our workshop may be over, but that doesn‘t mean the conversation is. It has been an incredible two days of reflecting on customary #IHL and the ICRC‘s 2005 study. The series to our event between @articlesofwar.bsky.social
and @voelkerrechtsblog.org launched today - follow along!
and @voelkerrechtsblog.org launched today - follow along!
@diekjobst.bsky.social, @rosalauterbach.bsky.social and Paulina Rob introduce the joint series between #ArticlesofWar and @voelkerrechtsblog.org, which highlights the contested terrain of customary international humanitarian law two decades after the ICRC’s Study was first published.
September 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Our workshop may be over, but that doesn‘t mean the conversation is. It has been an incredible two days of reflecting on customary #IHL and the ICRC‘s 2005 study. The series to our event between @articlesofwar.bsky.social
and @voelkerrechtsblog.org launched today - follow along!
and @voelkerrechtsblog.org launched today - follow along!
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The #Yarmouk case is thus far the only case in the world to investigate the deliberate starvation of Syrian civilians. @rosalauterbach.bsky.social argues that the addition of the #starvation charge marks a significant development in the prosecution of #warcrimes. lieber.westpoint.edu/prosecuting-...
Prosecuting the Starvation War Crime in Germany: The Yarmouk Case - Lieber Institute West Point
Yarmouk case is the only case in the world to investigate the deliberate starvation of Syrian civilians, making it a landmark trial.
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August 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The #Yarmouk case is thus far the only case in the world to investigate the deliberate starvation of Syrian civilians. @rosalauterbach.bsky.social argues that the addition of the #starvation charge marks a significant development in the prosecution of #warcrimes. lieber.westpoint.edu/prosecuting-...
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Der verpflichtende Rechtsbeistand bei Abschiebungshaft soll wieder abgeschafft werden.
Angesichts einer Fehlerquote von 50-90% in diesen Fällen sagen JARA AL-ALI und HANNAH FRANZ: Rechtsbeistand ist alternativlos.
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Angesichts einer Fehlerquote von 50-90% in diesen Fällen sagen JARA AL-ALI und HANNAH FRANZ: Rechtsbeistand ist alternativlos.
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July 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Der verpflichtende Rechtsbeistand bei Abschiebungshaft soll wieder abgeschafft werden.
Angesichts einer Fehlerquote von 50-90% in diesen Fällen sagen JARA AL-ALI und HANNAH FRANZ: Rechtsbeistand ist alternativlos.
verfassungsblog.de/abschiebunge...
Angesichts einer Fehlerquote von 50-90% in diesen Fällen sagen JARA AL-ALI und HANNAH FRANZ: Rechtsbeistand ist alternativlos.
verfassungsblog.de/abschiebunge...
Ich war letzte Woche im #Völkerrechtspodcast, wo ich mit @diekjobst.bsky.social über Belagerungen, Hunger im Krieg, den bewaffneten Konflikt in Gaza und die Folgen der israelischen Verweigerung humanitärer Hilfen an die Zivilbevölkerung gesprochen habe.👇
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#47 Hungersnot: Belagerungen und Blockaden im Lichte des humanitären Völkerrechts
Völkerrechtspodcast · Episode
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June 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Ich war letzte Woche im #Völkerrechtspodcast, wo ich mit @diekjobst.bsky.social über Belagerungen, Hunger im Krieg, den bewaffneten Konflikt in Gaza und die Folgen der israelischen Verweigerung humanitärer Hilfen an die Zivilbevölkerung gesprochen habe.👇
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Armed conflicts are frequently characterized by State support to #nonStateactors. @mikeschmitt.bsky.social & Alex Hernandez provide a normative framework for analyzing one State’s support to non-State actors engaged in hostile activities directed at another. lieber.westpoint.edu/analyzing-st...
Analyzing State Support to Non-State Actors – Part I: Primary Obligations and Attribution - Lieber Institute West Point
Armed conflicts are frequently characterized by State support to non-State actors as a means of advancing the former’s strategic objectives.
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May 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Armed conflicts are frequently characterized by State support to #nonStateactors. @mikeschmitt.bsky.social & Alex Hernandez provide a normative framework for analyzing one State’s support to non-State actors engaged in hostile activities directed at another. lieber.westpoint.edu/analyzing-st...
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@jlgrgn.bsky.social explains that the term #humanitariancorridor poses both legal and practical challenges. She warns that their establishment indicates a lack of prior compliance with law and discusses why they may even endanger #civilian protection. lieber.westpoint.edu/why-term-hum...
Lieber Studies Series – Why the Term “Humanitarian Corridor” is a Misleading Expression - Lieber Institute West Point
Establishing a humanitarian corridor is in fact a military operation, enforced by military means but with a humanitarian label.
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April 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
@jlgrgn.bsky.social explains that the term #humanitariancorridor poses both legal and practical challenges. She warns that their establishment indicates a lack of prior compliance with law and discusses why they may even endanger #civilian protection. lieber.westpoint.edu/why-term-hum...
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Legal questions have arisen regarding the manner in which Hamas has been releasing #hostages & returning the remains of those who have died. @mikeschmitt.bsky.social explains that public spectacles organized by Hamas constitute clear #LOAC violations. lieber.westpoint.edu/releasing-ci...
Israel-Hamas 2025 Symposium – Releasing Civilian Hostages and Returning Hostage Remains - Lieber Institute West Point
The public spectacles organized by Hamas for the release of the civilian hostages and the return of remains constitute clear LOAC violations.
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April 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Legal questions have arisen regarding the manner in which Hamas has been releasing #hostages & returning the remains of those who have died. @mikeschmitt.bsky.social explains that public spectacles organized by Hamas constitute clear #LOAC violations. lieber.westpoint.edu/releasing-ci...
Mein Beitrag für @articlesofwar.bsky.social zur neuerlichen Verweigerung von Hilfslieferungen in den Gazastreifen ist jetzt auch auf Deutsch beim @verfassungsblog.de erschienen:
Die neuerliche Blockade des Gaza-Streifens hält inzwischen seit Wochen an.
Warum die Verweigerung lebensnotwendiger Hilfslieferungen an die Zivilbevölkerung gegen humanitäres Völkerrecht verstößt, zeigt ROSA-LENA LAUTERBACH (@rosalauterbach.bsky.social).
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Warum die Verweigerung lebensnotwendiger Hilfslieferungen an die Zivilbevölkerung gegen humanitäres Völkerrecht verstößt, zeigt ROSA-LENA LAUTERBACH (@rosalauterbach.bsky.social).
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April 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Mein Beitrag für @articlesofwar.bsky.social zur neuerlichen Verweigerung von Hilfslieferungen in den Gazastreifen ist jetzt auch auf Deutsch beim @verfassungsblog.de erschienen:
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The accounts emerging from #Sudan compel a re-examination of how IL classifies #CRSV. Natalie Nunn argues that without formal recognition as #torture, CRSV risks becoming diminished in legal frameworks that treat it as secondary to other forms of violence. lieber.westpoint.edu/sudan-case-r...
Sudan: The Case for Recognising All Conflict-Related Sexual Violence as Torture - Lieber Institute West Point
CRSV is frequently treated as a lesser crime, rather than what it fundamentally constitutes under international law: torture.
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April 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The accounts emerging from #Sudan compel a re-examination of how IL classifies #CRSV. Natalie Nunn argues that without formal recognition as #torture, CRSV risks becoming diminished in legal frameworks that treat it as secondary to other forms of violence. lieber.westpoint.edu/sudan-case-r...
Die neue Ausgabe der KriPoZ ist erschienen, auch mit einem Beitrag von mir zur Verfolgung des Aushungerns der syrischen Zivilbevölkerung als Kriegsverbrechen. Dazu könnte der GBA gerade eine nahezu einmalige Gelegenheit haben. Hier geht‘s zum Heft:
+++ Die neue Ausgabe der KriPoZ ist da! +++
Mit Beiträgen zur Verschärfung der Widerstandsdelikte, Gray-Hat-Hacking, der Integrität der Strafrechtspflege u.v.m. Wir wünschen viel Spaß beim Lesen!
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Mit Beiträgen zur Verschärfung der Widerstandsdelikte, Gray-Hat-Hacking, der Integrität der Strafrechtspflege u.v.m. Wir wünschen viel Spaß beim Lesen!
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April 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Die neue Ausgabe der KriPoZ ist erschienen, auch mit einem Beitrag von mir zur Verfolgung des Aushungerns der syrischen Zivilbevölkerung als Kriegsverbrechen. Dazu könnte der GBA gerade eine nahezu einmalige Gelegenheit haben. Hier geht‘s zum Heft:
Even if one were to assume that humanitarian aid could lawfully be withheld to advance a military objective, it cannot serve as a bargaining chip in an ongoing ceasefire when negotiations grind to a halt. Here‘s my argument on @articlesofwar.bsky.social:
Israel decided to halt the passage of all #humanitarianaid into #Gaza, unless #Hamas would agree to prolong the #ceasefire. @rosalauterbach.bsky.social argues that such action appears as an exertion of increased pressure on Hamas at the expense of #civilians. lieber.westpoint.edu/humanitarian...
Israel-Hamas 2025 Symposium – Humanitarian Relief as a Bargaining Chip - Lieber Institute West Point
Halting deliveries of humanitarian aid appears a somewhat arbitrary exertion of increased pressure on Hamas at the expense of civilians.
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March 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Even if one were to assume that humanitarian aid could lawfully be withheld to advance a military objective, it cannot serve as a bargaining chip in an ongoing ceasefire when negotiations grind to a halt. Here‘s my argument on @articlesofwar.bsky.social:
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‚Deutschland ist völkerrechtlich in der Pflicht, die Festnahme (von #Netanyahu )zu vollziehen,‘ sagt der Kölner Völkerrechtler Prof. Claus Kreß. Und er hofft, dass #Merz auf den Pfad der ‚Rechtstreue‘ zurückkehrt. Außerordentlich hörenswertes Interview ⬇️
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Völkerrechtler. Deutschland muss Netanjahu bei Besuch festnehmen
Friedrich Merz sollte seine Einladung von Israels Premier Netanjahu überdenken, sagt der Völkerrechter Kreß. Bei einem Besuch müsste er festgenommen werden.
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February 28, 2025 at 10:13 AM
‚Deutschland ist völkerrechtlich in der Pflicht, die Festnahme (von #Netanyahu )zu vollziehen,‘ sagt der Kölner Völkerrechtler Prof. Claus Kreß. Und er hofft, dass #Merz auf den Pfad der ‚Rechtstreue‘ zurückkehrt. Außerordentlich hörenswertes Interview ⬇️
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The informational dimension of #armedconflicts has provoked an important debate around the legal framework applicable to #infoops. Lindsay Freeman analyzes how provisions of the #RomeStatute could apply to the malicious dissemination of “conflict content.” lieber.westpoint.edu/terror-chaos...
Terror, Chaos, and Shame: When Information Operations Constitute War Crimes - Lieber Institute West Point
The harmful consequences of information operations have led to considerations of when they may qualify as an international crime.
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February 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The informational dimension of #armedconflicts has provoked an important debate around the legal framework applicable to #infoops. Lindsay Freeman analyzes how provisions of the #RomeStatute could apply to the malicious dissemination of “conflict content.” lieber.westpoint.edu/terror-chaos...
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Friedrich Merz hat angekündigt, dem israelischen Premierminister Netanjahu einen Deutschlandbesuch ohne Verhaftung zu ermöglichen.
Warum ein solcher Besuch sowohl mit dem Völkerrecht als auch mit der Gewaltenteilung in Konflikt geraten würde, zeigt KAI AMBOS.
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Warum ein solcher Besuch sowohl mit dem Völkerrecht als auch mit der Gewaltenteilung in Konflikt geraten würde, zeigt KAI AMBOS.
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February 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Friedrich Merz hat angekündigt, dem israelischen Premierminister Netanjahu einen Deutschlandbesuch ohne Verhaftung zu ermöglichen.
Warum ein solcher Besuch sowohl mit dem Völkerrecht als auch mit der Gewaltenteilung in Konflikt geraten würde, zeigt KAI AMBOS.
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Warum ein solcher Besuch sowohl mit dem Völkerrecht als auch mit der Gewaltenteilung in Konflikt geraten würde, zeigt KAI AMBOS.
verfassungsblog.de/rechtsbruch-...
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The #Ukraine-#Russia conflict has evolved into a #hybrid battlefield where #unmanned systems increasingly support conventional forces. @sambendett.bsky.social & David Kirichenko delve into the use of #autonomous, remote-controlled, & #AI-based systems in Ukraine. lieber.westpoint.edu/continuing-a...
Ukraine Symposium – The Continuing Autonomous Arms Race - Lieber Institute West Point
The Ukraine conflict has evolved into a hybrid battlefield where autonomous systems increasingly support conventional forces.
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February 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The #Ukraine-#Russia conflict has evolved into a #hybrid battlefield where #unmanned systems increasingly support conventional forces. @sambendett.bsky.social & David Kirichenko delve into the use of #autonomous, remote-controlled, & #AI-based systems in Ukraine. lieber.westpoint.edu/continuing-a...
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Three pages of the #AlHassan judgment mark the first occasion on which the #ICC has engaged with the defence of #superiororders. Fin-Jasper Langmack explores Article 33 of the #RomeStatute & analyzes the question of superior orders in the judgment. lieber.westpoint.edu/superior-ord...
Al Hassan Symposium - Superior Orders: A (Hopefully) Overlooked Afterthought - Lieber Institute West Point
Three pages of the Al Hassan judgment mark the first occasion on which the ICC has engaged with the defence of superior orders.
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February 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Three pages of the #AlHassan judgment mark the first occasion on which the #ICC has engaged with the defence of #superiororders. Fin-Jasper Langmack explores Article 33 of the #RomeStatute & analyzes the question of superior orders in the judgment. lieber.westpoint.edu/superior-ord...
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Armed #conflicts have become increasingly urbanised, digitalised & asymmetrical. #Civilian engagement in armed conflicts has increased alongside these trends. Mina Radončić & Ash Stanley-Ryan consider in their post the #presumption of civilian status. lieber.westpoint.edu/presumption-...
The Presumption of Civilian Status in Cases of Doubt: A Vital Rule in Increasingly Unsettled Times - Lieber Institute West Point
This post considers the presumption in favour of civilian status, and the danger of its erosion in international humanitarian law.
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February 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Armed #conflicts have become increasingly urbanised, digitalised & asymmetrical. #Civilian engagement in armed conflicts has increased alongside these trends. Mina Radončić & Ash Stanley-Ryan consider in their post the #presumption of civilian status. lieber.westpoint.edu/presumption-...
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The #AlHassan judgment is a righteous milestone for the #ICC & #ICL. Michel Paradis addresses Al Hassan’s conviction for unlawfully passing sentences without guarantees of rights to #fairtrial, but he also turns the mirror on the trial chamber. lieber.westpoint.edu/iccs-coerced...
Al Hassan Symposium – The ICC’s Coerced Confession Double Standard - Lieber Institute West Point
This post addresses ICC's Al Hassan’s conviction for unlawfully passing sentences without guarantees of rights to fair trial.
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February 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The #AlHassan judgment is a righteous milestone for the #ICC & #ICL. Michel Paradis addresses Al Hassan’s conviction for unlawfully passing sentences without guarantees of rights to #fairtrial, but he also turns the mirror on the trial chamber. lieber.westpoint.edu/iccs-coerced...
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The #AlHassan judgment may mark a new chapter in the classification of #armedconflicts debate, as the judgment seems to have abandoned the trad. fragmented approach. @chiararedaelli.bsky.social explores class. of armed #violence in #IHL in light of the judgment. lieber.westpoint.edu/towards-acce...
Al Hassan Symposium – Towards the Acceptance of the Aggregated Violence Approach? - Lieber Institute West Point
This post explores the scholarly debate addressing classification of armed violence in IHL in light of the judgment in the Al Hassan case.
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February 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The #AlHassan judgment may mark a new chapter in the classification of #armedconflicts debate, as the judgment seems to have abandoned the trad. fragmented approach. @chiararedaelli.bsky.social explores class. of armed #violence in #IHL in light of the judgment. lieber.westpoint.edu/towards-acce...
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Für den @verfassungsblog.de habe ich aufgeschrieben was diese Woche im Bundestag bedeutet. Der Höhepunkt der programmatischen Anpassung an die AfD. Ein Dammbruch der zu ihrer Normalisierung und Legitimation führt. Eine dunkle Stunde für die deutsche Demokratie.
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Aus dem Abseits in die Mitte der Demokratie: Die Normalisierung der radikalen Rechten im Bundestag und ihre Konsequenzen
Nun ist es passiert. Initiiert von Friedrich Merz – dem Kanzlerkandidaten der Union – verabschiedet der Deutsche Bundestag am 29. Januar 2025 Anträge zur Migrationspolitik mit den Stimmen der CDU/CSU,...
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February 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Für den @verfassungsblog.de habe ich aufgeschrieben was diese Woche im Bundestag bedeutet. Der Höhepunkt der programmatischen Anpassung an die AfD. Ein Dammbruch der zu ihrer Normalisierung und Legitimation führt. Eine dunkle Stunde für die deutsche Demokratie.
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verfassungsblog.de/aus-dem-abse...
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Merz ist es „gleichgültig“, mit wem er Migrationsgesetze beschließt. Er beklagt den Kontrollverlust des Staates und verliert die Kontrolle über sich.
Merz’ Anbiederung an die AfD: Das war’s mit der Brandmauer
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January 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Merz ist es „gleichgültig“, mit wem er Migrationsgesetze beschließt. Er beklagt den Kontrollverlust des Staates und verliert die Kontrolle über sich.
For AoW’s Year Ahead Series, I wrote about destructive war rhetoric as a LOAC issue. When rhetoric conflates civilians with enemy armed forces, it contradicts key aims & principles of the law, potentially inciting the commission of war crimes. This problem must be taken more seriously in the future:
Over the past year, #LOAC has been highlighted in various contexts, but the use of certain kinds of #war #rhetoric has received limited attention. @rosalauterbach.bsky.social delves into the incendiary language often used around #armedconflicts. lieber.westpoint.edu/year-refrain...
Year Ahead – A Year to Refrain from Destructive War Rhetoric - Lieber Institute West Point
2025 should be a year to reflect on using war rhetoric and to recognize the serious harm it contributes to.
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January 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
For AoW’s Year Ahead Series, I wrote about destructive war rhetoric as a LOAC issue. When rhetoric conflates civilians with enemy armed forces, it contradicts key aims & principles of the law, potentially inciting the commission of war crimes. This problem must be taken more seriously in the future:
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An important question that has the potential to rattle the legal balance between #NATO members pertains to the obligation to refrain from #targeting objects indispensable to the survival of the #civilian population, argues @rosalauterbach.bsky.social. lieber.westpoint.edu/nato-interop...
NATO Interoperability When Targeting Indispensable Objects - Lieber Institute West Point
Interoperability of rules binding all States versus those applying only to parties to certain treaties requires deliberation and compromise.
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November 25, 2024 at 4:11 PM
An important question that has the potential to rattle the legal balance between #NATO members pertains to the obligation to refrain from #targeting objects indispensable to the survival of the #civilian population, argues @rosalauterbach.bsky.social. lieber.westpoint.edu/nato-interop...