war crimes
Winter Has Come: Can It Be Used as a ‘Weapon of War’ by Russia?
Francesca Capone (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa) On 29 November 2022 at a summit in Bucharest, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg affirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using «winter as a weapon of war» against Ukraine. An article published on the BBC website and featuring interviews with Michael Schmitt and
The Rending Issue of the Use of Cities as Battlefields
Luigi Crema (Università degli Studi di Milano) The recent war in Ukraine has received extensive coverage, both in the media and among legal scholars. Aggressions are prohibited, although they are more common than we would hope, and the narrative of annexation is not only prohibited, but is one many of
L’etat, c’est moi – functional immunities of senior military personnel in Dutch courts
Lucas Roorda (University of Utrecht) Immunities remain a hotly contested issue in international law. On 7 December 2021, the Hague Court of Appeal issued its decision on appeal in a tort lawsuit filed by a Palestinian with Dutch nationality against two former senior officials of Israel Defense Forces, including current