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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · 14d

📩 Stay tuned for our upcoming Volume on the theme "International Humanitarian Law under Pressure": link.springer.com/book/9789462...

Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · 14d

➡️ Emancipation, Humanity, and Peace: A Response – Samuel Moyn offers a brief response to these contributions.

📘 Explore the full Focus Section here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · 14d

➡️ The Peace Movement and Grassroots International Law – Doreen Lustig focusses on Moyn’s discussion of peace movements, which served as important precursors to the current IHL regime.

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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · 14d

➡️ Wars with and for Humanity – Craig Jones and Nisha Shah explore the concept of “humanity” in war and whether it has any room within the discussion and critique of war.

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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · 14d

📗 Explore the book symposium, featuring contributions that engage critically with Moyn’s arguments, as well as a response to these reflections by the author himself.

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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · 14d

🌍 In light of the recent International Day of Peace, we are revisiting the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law’s first ever Focus Section, centred on Samuel Moyn’s "Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War" (2021).

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Asser Institute @tmcasser.bsky.social · Aug 22

📢 New book: Enforcing International Humanitarian Law via Individual Rights — The Role of Strategic Litigation in Germany by Dr Vera Strobel examines how strategic litigation can advance IHL and protect civilians.

🔗Order your copy now: lnkd.in/eGqnY7Yn

#IHL #CaseLaw @fbakkerfrank.bsky.social

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International Committee of the Red Cross @icrc.org · Aug 12

The Geneva Conventions, adopted 76 years ago today and ratified worldwide, are the backbone of international humanitarian law. They:

🔹 Protect those who are not or no longer fighting.
🔹 Save lives and reduce suffering.

Even in armed conflicts, humanity must prevail.

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Asser Institute @tmcasser.bsky.social · Jun 27

📘New book: Dual-use Objects under International Humanitarian Law: Towards a Paradigm Shift by Dr Francesca Capone is out now! It exposes gaps in protecting civilian infrastructure in war and calls for legal reform.

👉Read more and order now: bit.ly/3GgbbCW
@frbakker.bsky.social #IHL #conflict

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Mark Lattimer @mglattimer.bsky.social · Jun 5

Does the law of targeting require objective or subjective tests to determine state responsibility for violations?
Israel/US now shifting to subjective tests of intention - with grave consequences for civilians.
My latest, forthcoming in @yearbookofihl.bsky.social :
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Objective and subjective tests for determining violations of the law of targeting: the unreasonable commander and the guilty mind

In the Israel-Hamas conflict, Israel has acknowledged that its attacks caused civilian casualties but has defended conduct as lawful on the basis that such casu

papers.ssrn.com

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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · Jun 5

📅 Just over a week left to submit an abstract for Volume 28 of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law

Details below ⬇️

Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · Apr 30

📢 Our #callforpapers for Volume 28 (2025) is now out!

📖 Theme: "Facts in International Humanitarian Law"

📅 Abstract deadline: 13 June

More info: www.asser.nl/asserpress/d...

#IHL #LOAC

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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · May 15

@tmcasser.bsky.social | @springer1842.bsky.social | @jamespsexton.bsky.social

#IHL #internationallaw #humanitarianism #chemicalweapons #Ukraine #satelliteimagery

Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · May 15

Warm thanks to the authors, our Editorial Board (@heikekrieger.bsky.social, Pablo Kalmanovitz, @eliavl.bsky.social, and @sepantazo.bsky.social), our editorial assistant (Baptiste Beurrier) and, of course, lots of gratitude to the peer-reviewers!

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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · May 15

Lastly, our comprehensive ‘Year in Review 2023’, authored by Belén Guerrero Romero, Wamika Sachdev and Baptiste Beurrier, offers a detailed compilation of significant IHL/LOAC developments that took place within 2023.

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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · May 15

Prompted by the war in Ukraine, Robin Sinnige then explores when support, and specifically the provision of processed satellite imagery, might render a third state a co-party to an armed conflict, proposing a three-part test (extent, causality, and intent) to clarify this legal grey area.

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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · May 15

In the general section, Neil Davison traces the decades-long effort to close a key loophole in the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention regarding the use of toxic chemicals for law enforcement, culminating in a 2021 clarification banning aerosolised central nervous system-acting agents.

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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · May 15

Then, Oscar A. Gomez, using the case of Colombia’s well-developed state humanitarian agencies, argues that the state should be recognised as a central humanitarian actor, beyond the usual roles of the benevolent funder or the helpless receiver.

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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · May 15

The first piece, authored by David Matyas, calls for a rethinking of humanitarian assistance law from the perspective of humanitarian practitioners to better reflect the practical realities and legal challenges faced by humanitarian actors.

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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · May 15

🚨 Volume 26 (2023) of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law is now available! It features two chapters on ‘Humanitarian Actors’, two general chapters, and the ‘Year in Review’ that covers IHL-related developments throughout 2023.

Link here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · May 12

📆 Just over a month left to submit an abstract for Volume 28 of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law

Details below ⤵️

Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · Apr 30

📢 Our #callforpapers for Volume 28 (2025) is now out!

📖 Theme: "Facts in International Humanitarian Law"

📅 Abstract deadline: 13 June

More info: www.asser.nl/asserpress/d...

#IHL #LOAC

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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · Apr 30

@heikekrieger.bsky.social @eliavl.bsky.social @jamespsexton.bsky.social @tmcasser.bsky.social

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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · Apr 30

📢 Our #callforpapers for Volume 28 (2025) is now out!

📖 Theme: "Facts in International Humanitarian Law"

📅 Abstract deadline: 13 June

More info: www.asser.nl/asserpress/d...

#IHL #LOAC

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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · Apr 9

#YIHL #IHL #LOAC #IHLCompliance

Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · Apr 9

➡️ There are also a selection of chapters in Vol 19 (2016) that address respect for and compliance with IHL by non-state armed groups:

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law @yearbookofihl.bsky.social · Apr 9

➡️ Ezequiel Heffes, “Generating Respect for International Humanitarian Law: The Establishment of Courts by Organized Non-State Armed Groups in Light of the Principle of Equality of Belligerents” (Vol 18 (2015))

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

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