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Joint Blog Series on International Law and Armed Conflict: Medical Care in Armed Conflict

The fourth post in our joint series hosted by the ICRC Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog, EJIL Talk! and Lawfare, and arising out of the 6th Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict, 'Medical Care in Armed Conflict', by Marco Sassoli is available now over on the Humanitarian Law & Policy blog (Part I and Part II).  Here’s a snippet from Marco's post:  What constitutes acts harmful to the enemy by medical personnel is controversial. Most consider that the term is wider than that of direct participation in hostilities (see e.g., here at 411, here and here at 329). This is correct for medical units and transports for whom the concept is specifically used in the treaties. The phrase includes not only overt hostilities, but also sheltering able-bodied combatants or fighters. In my view, however, persons lose their special protection only if they directly participate in hostilities. It is true that the above-mentioned examples of acts harmful to the enemy do not constitute direct participation in hostilities. However, this stems simply from the…

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The Sixth Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict: Introduction to a Joint Blog Series

Over the coming weeks, three blogs -the ICRC Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog, EJIL Talk! and Lawfare-  will host a joint blog symposium on International Law and Armed Conflict. The series will feature posts by some of the participants at the Sixth Annual Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict, which was held at the European University Institute in Florence in…

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A Moving Conference: Rights, Justice and Memories of the City

Conferences rarely get reviewed (but see a recent such review here), but given the amount of time, money and carbon emissions that goes into them, we may wish to evaluate them. Moreover, in reviewing a conference, we can try to capture and share an experience that, unlike a book, cannot be picked up again.

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Joint Blog Series on International Law and Armed Conflict: Jann Kleffner on ‘Wounded and Sick and the Proportionality Assessment’

The final installment of our joint blog series arising from the 2017 Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict, ‘Wounded and Sick and the Proportionality Assessment’- by Jann Kleffner (Swedish Defence University) is now available on Intercross.  Here’s a taster of Jann’s post: For all wounded and…

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Joint Blog Series on International Law and Armed Conflict: Geoff Corn on Wounded and Sick, Proportionality, and Armaments

The fourth post in our joint blog series arising from the 2017 Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict, 'Wounded and Sick, Proportionality, and Armaments'- by Geoffrey Corn (South Texas College of Law Houston) is now available on Lawfare. Here's an excerpt:  Imagine you are commanding forces that have just repulsed a combined arms enemy…

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