Even skeptics of the Prosecutor’s action, such as Yuval Shany and Amichai Cohen, admit that Israel is currently not able to satisfy the first requirement for an inadmissibility challenge under Article 19, which necessitates an investigation of Netanyahu and Gallant for substantially the same conduct as found in the Prosecutor’s applications. [read post]

(See also Amichai Cohen and Yuval Shany’s recent analysis of the difficulties arising from a mixed conflict approach for “military operations directed specifically against the non-State armed group but incidentally impacting the protection of civilians (e.g., rules on targeting or siege). [read post]

Since late 2021, Just Security has published over 300 articles analyzing the diplomatic, political, legal, economic, humanitarian, and other issues and consequences of Russia’s war on Ukraine, including many in Ukrainian translation The catalog below organizes our collection of articles primarily about the war into general categories to facilitate access to relevant topics for policymakers, researchers, journalists, scholars, and the public at large. [read post]