🌱 Today, on the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, we look back on some of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law’s previous chapters that address the intersection of environmental harm and IHL.

🌍 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).

📢 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.

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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.

📘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.

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@frbakker.bsky.social #IHL #conflict

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....

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

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🚨 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...

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

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📢 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

🔎 Respect for International Humanitarian Law

Compliance with the rules of #IHL is of paramount importance, particularly during current armed conflicts. Today, we are revisiting several chapters from previous YIHLs that address IHL compliance from different angles.

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🚀 The Woomera Manual and the Role of Expert Manuals in IHL

With tomorrow's UK launch of the Woomera Manual, we are revisiting YIHL Vol 23 (2020)’s three chapters dedicated to the role of expert manuals in IHL.

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#WoomeraManual #SpaceLaw #IHL

🔎 Exploring #AutonomousWeapons and #IHL

On the International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness, we are revisiting Brenneke’s YIHL chapter on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems and IHL.

📖 Read more in Vol 21 (2018): link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

📖 Launched today – IHL in Focus: Annual Report.

Documenting and analysing compliance with IHL in some of the world’s most pressing conflicts, it sheds light on the well-documented crises dominating global headlines.

👉 Read more and download the report: www.geneva-academy.ch/news/detail/...

🔊The Yearbook of IHL's Correspondents’ Report for Italy 2023 is now available online #openaccess:

www.asser.nl/media/797691...

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