Air raid sirens in the middle of the night, unreliable electricity, and no holidays. Yet lawyers and judges in Ukraine continue to attend trainings on international criminal law. Christophe Paulussen and Gabriele ...

A middle-aged man walking down the road is more likely to be identified as a target by AI than a woman walking on the same road. This example highlights potential bias in AI systems used in warfare. Should militaries ...

Ahead of the Santa Marta conference, 12 University of Amsterdam climate researchers have published a policy briefing

The COVID-19 pandemic now seems far behind us – and we would like to keep it that way. But we need to get ready for the next health crisis, warns legal scholar Pramiti Parwani. In her PhD research on vaccine access, ...

Who oversees military use of force? Military lawyer Bas van Hoek (University of Amsterdam) explains why the legal basis for investigating the use of force by Dutch service personnel remains unclear.

There is something profoundly changing about warfare with the use of artificial intelligence in military operations. Computers help identify targets on the battlefield and strategise the most effective way to attack ...