Took a short break from #TechLaw to return to #AWS (and #WarTorts!) in "Of Kill Bots and Kill Boxes."

Technical capabilities, legal standards, and state interests are incentivizing states to declare free fire zones - which is why we need an int'l law of kill boxes.

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Transnational Atrocity Victim Networking: A New Paradigm for International Accountability Mechanisms Justice for atrocity victims has made great strides since international criminal law’s Nuremberg birth, where survivors of Hitler’s depredations could participa

Nightstand Pile Files: Transnational Atrocity Victim Networking: A New Paradigm for International Accountability Mechanisms @profgsgordon.bsky.social

A creative proposal for connecting and empowering victims of wartime harms, to facilitate participation and compensation.

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The U.S. DoD’s New Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Policy and “Harm Resulting From” Military Operations - Lieber Institute West Point The new U.S. DoDI is an important development in the conduct of U.S. military operations and the reach of LOAC more generally.

Nightstand Pile Files: The U.S. DoD's New CHMR Policy and "Harm Resulting From" Military Operations @danmaurerlawprof.bsky.social

The DoD definition of "civilian harm" has the qualifier "resulting from military operations" - what causation test should be used to evaluate that?

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Australian Compensation for War Crimes in Afghanistan: A Rights-Based Approach, Not Military Charity, is Needed - Lieber Institute West Point Australian military ex gratia scheme may fall short of fulfilling the legal right to reparation under international law.

"[Australia's] recognition of the need to compensate victims is welcome. [...H]owever, Australia still regards compensating victims of war crimes as its charitable gift, rather than as an international obligation...."

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