Wednesday, April 8, 2026

New Volume: Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (Vol. 27, 2024) is out. Contents include:
  • International Humanitarian Law Under Pressure
    • Zoi Lafazani, Sieges as Indiscriminate Attacks Under International Humanitarian Law: Is a Lawful Siege of a Populated Area a Contradiction in Terms?
    • Antonio Mariconda, International Humanitarian Law’s Protection of Healthcare Under Pressure: An Assessment of the IDF’s Approach to “Hospital Shields” and “Acts Harmful to the Enemy” in the Conduct of Hostilities in Gaza
    • Eitan Diamond & Ellen Nohle, Humanitarian Displacement? The (Mis-)Appropriation of Humanitarian Principles to Justify Mass Displacement
    • Mark Lattimer, Objective and Subjective Tests for Determining Violations of the Law of Targeting: The Unreasonable Commander and the Guilty Mind
    • Jessica Dorsey & Luke Moffett, The Warification of International Humanitarian Law and the Artifice of Artificial Intelligence in Decision-Support Systems: Restoring Balance Through the Legitimacy of Military Operations
    • Audrey Fino, Silently Present: The Overlooked Prohibition of Harmful Speech in International Humanitarian Law
    • Carolina Trejos Carvajal, Incorporating the Protection of Marine Species into the Obligations of the Occupying Power
  • Year in Review
    • Hendrik Mathis Drößler, Cheya Took and Katerina Lefkidou, Year in Review 2024