Drones, also referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 1 have become the poster
child for America's continuing fight against terrorism under President Barack Obama, filling …

Consider the following scenario: An individual with ties to a terrorist group is killed in a
targeted strike in East Africa. Media reporting of the incident trickles out gradually; some …

International lawyers generally recognize two categories of actors in the international legal
system: States and non-state actors. 1 Indeed, the very term non-state actor implies the …

TWO SIDES OF THE COMBATANT COIN: UNTANGLING DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN
HOSTILITIES FROM BELLIGERENT STATUS IN NON-INTERNATIONAL ARM Page 1 TWO …

This book conducts a gendered critique of the 'principle of distinction'in international
humanitarian law (IHL), with a focus on recent conflicts in Africa. The 'principle of …

In international humanitarian law (IHL), the principle of distinction delineates the difference
between the civilian and the combatant, and it safeguards the former from being intentionally …

No decision by a military commander engaged in hostilities has more profound
consequence than the decision to launch an attack. Pursuant to the law of armed conflict …

This paper is an attempt to draw distinctive lines between the concepts of cybercrime, cyber-
attack, and cyber warfare in the current information age, in which it has become difficult to …

In recent armed conflicts, there have been a large number of participants who have engaged
in hostilities but do not qualify as prisoners of war (" POW") under the Geneva Convention III …

In Counterinsurgency Law, William Banks and several distinguished contributors explore
from an interdisciplinary legal and policy perspective the multiple challenges that …