Browsing by Author "Lewis, Dustin"
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Armed Non-State Actors and International Human Rights Law: An Analysis of the Practice of the U.N. Security Council and U.N. General Assembly
Burniske, Jessica; Modirzadeh, Naz Khatoon; Lewis, Dustin (Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, 2017)Several significant legal, policy, and practical concerns are at issue in whether armed non-state actors (ANSAs) will ultimately be recognized—by all relevant institutions and actors—as bearing human-rights obligations in ... -
A Compilation of Materials Apparently Reflective of States’ Views on International Legal Issues pertaining to the Use of Algorithmic and Data-reliant Socio-technical Systems in Armed Conflict
Lewis, Dustin (Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, 2020-12)This document is a compilation of materials that at least appear to be reflective of one or more states’ views on international legal issues pertaining to the actual or possible use of algorithmic and data-reliant ... -
The Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate and International Humanitarian Law: Preliminary Considerations for States
Lewis, Dustin; Modirzadeh, Naz; Burniske, Jessica (Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, 2020-03-30)In developing international humanitarian law (IHL), States have aimed in part to lay down the primary normative and operational framework pertaining to principled humanitarian action in situations of armed conflict. The ... -
“Criminalization” of Humanitarian Action Under Counterterrorism Frameworks: Key Elements and Concerns
Lewis, Dustin (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2018)Of the diverse array of contemporary challenges around humanitarian access in armed conflict, a particular set of issues concerns the so-called “criminalization” of humanitarian action under counterterrorism frameworks. ... -
Humanitarian Engagement Under Counter Terrorism: a conflict of norms and the emerging policy landscape
Lewis, Dustin Andrew (Cambridge University Press, 2011)This article identifies two countervailing sets of norms – one promoting humanitarian engagement with non-state armed groups (NSAGs) in armed conflict in order to protect populations in need, and the other prohibiting such ... -
Humanitarian Exemptions from Counter-terrorism Measures: A Brief Introduction
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Indefinite War: Unsettled International Law on the End of Armed Conflict
Lewis, Dustin Andrew; Blum, Gabriella; Modirzadeh, Naz Khatoon (The Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (HLS PILAC), 2017)Can we say, definitively, when an armed conflict no longer exists under international law? The short, unsatisfying answer is sometimes: it is clear when some conflicts terminate as a matter of international law, but a ... -
International Legal Regulation of the Employment of Artificial-Intelligence-Related Technologies in Armed Conflict
Lewis, Dustin (2020)In recent years, increased attention has been dedicated at the international level to legal issues concerning the possible employment of artificialintelligence-related technologies in hostilities in armed conflict. Most ... -
Jurisdictional Arrangements and International Criminal Procedure
Lewis, Dustin Andrew (University of Cambridge, 2011)As preparation for a chapter in a book on international criminal procedural law, this working paper analyses the jurisdictional arrangements between international criminal tribunals and domestic courts. Since ‘exclusive’, ... -
Legal reviews of weapons, means and methods of warfare involving artificial intelligence: 16 elements to consider
Lewis, Dustin (Humanitarian Law & Policy, 2019-03-21)What are some of the chief concerns in contemporary debates around legal reviews of weapons, means or methods of warfare involving techniques or tools related to artificial intelligence (AI)? One session of the December ... -
Medical Care in Armed Conflict: International Humanitarian Law and State Responses to Terrorism
Lewis, Dustin Andrew; Modirzadeh, Naz Khatoon; Blum, Gabriella (Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, 2015)The surge in armed conflicts involving terrorism has brought to the fore the general question of medical care in armed conflict and the particular legal protections afforded to those providing such care to terrorists. ... -
Preparing for a Twenty-Four-Month Sprint: A Primer for Prospective and New Elected Members of the United Nations Security Council,
Ossoff, William; Modirzadeh, Naz; Lewis, Dustin (Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, 2020-12)Under the United Nations Charter, the U.N. Security Council has several important functions and powers, not least with regard to taking binding actions to maintain international peace and security. The ten elected members ... -
Quantum of Silence: Inaction and Jus ad Bellum
Lewis, Dustin; Modirzadeh, Naz; Blum, Gabriella (2019)In this paper, we examine the actual and potential roles of silence as an element of jus ad bellum treaty law and customary international law. By silence, we mean a lack of a publicly discernible response either to conduct ... -
Suppressing Foreign Terrorist Fighters and Supporting Principled Humanitarian Action: A Provisional Framework for Analyzing State Practice
Burniske, Jessica; Lewis, Dustin Andrew; Modirzadeh, Naz Khatoon (Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, 2015)In 2014, reports suggested that a surge of foreign jihadists were participating in armed conflicts in Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere. The United Nations Security Council responded by imposing in Resolution 2178 (2014) an array ... -
Three Pathways to Secure Greater Respect for International Law concerning War Algorithms
Lewis, Dustin (Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, 2020)Existing and emerging applications of artificial intelligence in armed conflicts and other systems reliant upon war algorithms and data span diverse areas. Natural persons may increasingly depend upon these technologies ... -
Understanding Humanitarian Exemptions: UN Security Council Sanctions and Principled Humanitarian Action
King, Katie; Modirzadeh, Naz Khatoon; Lewis, Dustin Andrew (Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict Counterterrorism and Humanitarian Engagement Project. Harvard Law School., 2016) -
Unrecognized Victims: Sexual Violence Against Men in Conflict Settings Under International Law
Lewis, Dustin Andrew (University of Wisconsin, 2009)This article casts light on the international law aspects of a largely unrecognized occurrence in armed conflict: sexual violence against men. The article discusses causes and consequences of such violence, and assesses ... -
War-Algorithm Accountability
Lewis, Dustin Andrew; Blum, Gabriella; Modirzadeh, Naz Khatoon (Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (PILAC), 2016)In this briefing report, we introduce a new concept — war algorithms — that elevates algorithmically-derived “choices” and “decisions” to a, and perhaps the, central concern regarding technical autonomy in war. We thereby ...