• Volume Archive
  • Sponsors
  • Contact
  • Harvard NSLA
Harvard National Security Journal
  • About
    • About Our Journal
    • Executive Board
    • Staff
    • Advisory Board
    • Join Our Journal
  • Main Edition
  • Online Edition
  • Submissions
  • Document Reading Room
Select Page

Collective Cyber Countermeasures?

by Michael N. Schmitt and Sean Watts | Jun 28, 2021 | Main Articles, Volume 12

Michael N. Schmitt & Sean Watts[*] [Full text of this Article in PDF is available at this link] I. Introduction In May 2019, during remarks at the annual International Conference on Cyber Conflict, Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid offered her government’s...
“Out of the Loop”: Autonomous Weapon Systems and the Law of Armed Conflict

“Out of the Loop”: Autonomous Weapon Systems and the Law of Armed Conflict

by Michael N. Schmitt and Jeffrey S. Thurnher | May 22, 2013 | Main Volumes

Michael N. Schmitt & Jeffrey S. Thurnher

4 Harv. Nat’l Sec. J. 231 (2013)

Autonomous Weapon Systems and International Humanitarian Law: A Reply to the Critics

Autonomous Weapon Systems and International Humanitarian Law: A Reply to the Critics

by Michael N. Schmitt | Feb 5, 2013 | Features, Online Edition

Prof. Michael N. Schmitt responds to the recent Human Rights Watch report, Losing Humanity, and argues it blurs the distinction between international humanitarian law’s prohibitions on weapons per se and those on the unlawful use of otherwise lawful weapons. Photo courtesy Sandia National Laboratories

Investigating Violations of International Law in Armed Conflict

by Michael N. Schmitt | Jan 3, 2011 | Main Volumes

By Michael Schmitt - Click here to read the full text of the Article This article discusses how states attempt to fulfill their obligations under international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law to respond to alleged violations of...

The Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities: A Critical Analysis

by Michael N. Schmitt | May 5, 2010 | Main Volumes

By Michael Schmitt - Click here to download the published PDF version I.  Introduction In 2003, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in cooperation with the T.M.C. Asser Institute, launched a major research effort to explore the concept of...

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Crimson Sponsor

Jenner & Block

Crimson Sponsor

Davis Polk

Crimson Sponsor

The Harvard National Security Journal

The Harvard National Security Journal (NSJ) is the nation’s leading journal in the field of national security and law. The main edition publishes scholarly, practical articles by professors, legal practitioners, and national security professionals twice a year. The online edition publishes scholarly essays throughout the academic year.

Harvard National Security Journal
Contact | Twitter | Volume Archive | Sponsors

 

About Publications Connect
About our Journal Volume Archive Contact
Executive Board Main Edition Twitter
Staff Online Edition Sponsors
Advisory Board Submissions Harvard NSLA
Join our Journal Reading Room