Civilianization of Digital Operations: A Risky Trend
By Mauro Vignati and Kubo Mačák
The growing involvement of civilians in activities on the digital battlefield puts individuals at risk of harm and contributes to the erosion of the principle of distinction, an edifice on which the rest of... Read more
Child Soldier to Warlord Overnight: Sentencing Ongwen in the International Criminal Court
by Rebecca Lloyd
In December 2022, the International Criminal Court (ICC) delivered its appeal decision in in the case of Dominic Ongwen, a child solider-turned-commander in the Lord’s Resistance Army in Northern Uganda, who had been convicted and sentenced of... Read moreRedefining Rescue Operations in Contemporary Naval Warfare: A Necessary Interplay between Maritime Bodies in International Law
By Alba Grembi
While international law in general takes into account evolving State capacities in technology and material challenges, the obsolete character of certain norms under the law of naval warfare leaves the framework of present-day maritime rescue operations incomplete.... Read morePreliminary Pages
Asia-Pacific Journal of International Humanitarian Law
2022 Edition
Foreword by Ms. Sahar Haroon, ICRC Regional Legal Adviser in Southeast Asia Preface by Prof. Rommel J. Casis, Managing EditorArticles
Interview with Dr. Helen Durham By Allelu de Jesus and Jeffrey-Michael Sison Book Review of "Revisiting the Geneva... Read moreCommissions of Inquiry as Bulwarks against Impunity
By Sarthak Roy
Commissions of Inquiry encompass a wide range of bodies across the international legal and political landscape. From fact-finding missions, Commissions of Inquiry now confront institutional normative shifts of magnitude in the areas of international humanitarian, human rights,... Read more
Australia’s Office of the Special Investigator: to what extent can victims participate in potential war crimes prosecutions?
By Mary Flanagan
An Office of Special Investigator (OSI) is currently undertaking an unprecedented investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel in Afghanistan. The allegations concern unlawful killings, inhuman treatment of prisoners, competition... Read moreBook Review of “Revisiting the Geneva Conventions: 1949-2019”
By Santosh Anand
The standard disciplinary history of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 tended to depict a picture that was exclusively a triumph of humanitarian principles. Only much later did revisionist scholarly accounts emerge that analyzed the present day issues... Read more
Nuclear Weapons and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: an Asia-Pacific Perspective
Panelists:
- Her Highness, Tan Sri Tunku Putri Intan Safinaz Binti Almarhum Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, Tunku Temenggong Kedah... Read more
Interview with Dr Helen Durham
Allelu de Jesus and Jeffrey-Michael Sison, Legal Advisers International Committee of the Red Cross
Dr Helen Durham has been the director of international law and policy at the International Committee of the Red Cross (“ICRC”) since 2014. Previously,... Read more
Laws of the “LAWS”: IHL Remarks on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems
By Dr. Ali Masoudi Lamraski
Physically removing weapons users or controllers from the battlefield has been considered the primary driving factor for advancements in military weapons technology. This tendency has led to the so-called “third revolution... Read more
