Revisiting Customary IHL Series – A Question of Methodology: Should International Criminal Law Shape IHL?
Editors’ note: This post is part of a series relating to the ICRC’s Customary International Humanitarian Law Study, featured across Articles of War and Völkerrechtsblog. The introductory post is available here. The series highlights presentations delivered at the young researchers’ workshop, Customary IHL: Revisiting the ICRC’s Study at 20, hosted by the Institute for International Peace and Security Law […]
Revisiting Customary IHL Series – Study 2.0 Featuring the Martens Clause: Tool Rather Than Subject
Editors’ note: This post is part of a series relating to the ICRC’s Customary International Humanitarian Law Study, featured across Articles of War and Völkerrechtsblog. The introductory post is available here. The series highlights presentations delivered at the young researchers’ workshop, Customary IHL: Revisiting the ICRC’s Study at 20, hosted by the Institute for International Peace and Security Law […]
Revisiting Customary IHL Series – Non finito: Should the Study also Identify Norms that Are not Custom?
Editors’ note: This post is part of a series relating to the ICRC’s Customary International Humanitarian Law Study, featured across Articles of War and Völkerrechtsblog. The introductory post is available here. The series highlights presentations delivered at the young researchers’ workshop, Customary IHL: Revisiting the ICRC’s Study at 20, hosted by the Institute for International Peace and Security Law […]
Revisiting Customary IHL Series – Getting it right? Challenges and Shortcomings in the Identification of Customary IHL
Editors’ note: This post is part of a series relating to the ICRC’s Customary International Humanitarian Law Study, featured across Articles of War and Völkerrechtsblog. The introductory post is available here. The series highlights presentations delivered at the young researchers’ workshop, Customary IHL: Revisiting the ICRC’s Study at 20, hosted by the Institute for International Peace and Security Law […]
Typology of Reservations Contrary to the Object and Purpose of a Treaty and their Application to IHL
If a treaty is silent on the right of a contracting party to make reservations, then according to Article 19 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT), the principal consideration is the compatibility of the reservation in question with the object and purpose of the treaty. Much ink has already been spilled […]
The Rousseau-Portalis Doctrine: French Legal Thought and the Law of War – Part I
Editors’ note: This is the first in a two-part post illustrating the impact of French legal thought on the formation of the law of war with a specific focus on the Rousseau-Portalis Doctrine. The first post provides a brief background on Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis, their views on the law of nations, and their […]
The Rousseau-Portalis Doctrine: French Legal Thought and the Law of War – Part II
Editors’ note: This is the second in a two-part post illustrating the impact of French legal thought on the formation of the law of war with a specific focus on the Rousseau-Portalis Doctrine. The first entry provided a brief background on Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis, their views on the law of nations, and their […]
In Honor of Françoise Hampson – Series Introduction
In early 2022, Françoise contacted me, offering to write a two-part post for Articles of War. I was, of course, thrilled at the prospect of adding her to our roll of contributors and sharing her insights with our readers. She had long before cemented her place as an unquestioned pillar of the law of war […]
In Honor of Françoise Hampson – A Remembrance
Editors’ note: This post introduces a series to honor Françoise Hampson, who passed away on April 18, 2025. The posts recognize Professor Hampson’s work and the significant contribution her scholarship made to our understanding of international law. Professor Françoise Hampson was a brilliant scholar and an inspiration to everyone who knew her. Her lifelong mission […]
Tentative Remarks on Ukraine’s Suspension of the Ottawa Convention
On June 29, 2025, the President of Ukraine signed a decree on the withdrawal of Ukraine from the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, otherwise known as the Ottawa Convention. In doing so, Ukraine followed five States that withdrew from Ottawa in 2025, […]