Andrew M Bell
@andrewmbell.bsky.social
Senior Research Scholar, Stanford CISAC
Law of armed conflict/IHL, military ethics, int'l security & law | USAF vet.
Law of armed conflict/IHL, military ethics, int'l security & law | USAF vet.
Reposted by Andrew M Bell
Useful explainer for media covering the boat strikes. Here’s the gist:
It’s not an armed conflict, so the boat strikes are murder.
If it were an armed conflict, targeted killing of civilians is a war crime.
EVEN IF these are combatants in an armed conflict, killing the shipwrecked is a war crime.
It’s not an armed conflict, so the boat strikes are murder.
If it were an armed conflict, targeted killing of civilians is a war crime.
EVEN IF these are combatants in an armed conflict, killing the shipwrecked is a war crime.
Excellent explainer by the inimitable @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, @rgoodlaw.bsky.social, and @mikeschmitt.bsky.social
Unlawful Orders and Killing Shipwrecked Boat Strike Survivors: An Expert Backgrounder
An expert backgrounder on the reported Hegseth "no quarter" order to kill everyone aboard a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2.
www.justsecurity.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Useful explainer for media covering the boat strikes. Here’s the gist:
It’s not an armed conflict, so the boat strikes are murder.
If it were an armed conflict, targeted killing of civilians is a war crime.
EVEN IF these are combatants in an armed conflict, killing the shipwrecked is a war crime.
It’s not an armed conflict, so the boat strikes are murder.
If it were an armed conflict, targeted killing of civilians is a war crime.
EVEN IF these are combatants in an armed conflict, killing the shipwrecked is a war crime.
Amazing reference
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Amazing reference
Oh this is so very cool— what a place and faculty— huge congrats, Neil!
February 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Oh this is so very cool— what a place and faculty— huge congrats, Neil!
I'm so thankful for my terrific experience at the @ICRC and will dearly miss my wonderful friends there. Looking forward to this new adventure and excited to work with the great people at CPCOE. Hopeful for the future of this important work!
February 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I'm so thankful for my terrific experience at the @ICRC and will dearly miss my wonderful friends there. Looking forward to this new adventure and excited to work with the great people at CPCOE. Hopeful for the future of this important work!
Thanks, Mara! Sounds terrific
December 19, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Thanks, Mara! Sounds terrific