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Which Will Come Out First: The Law of War Manual Revision or the ICRC's New GC/AP Commentaries?

Robert Chesney
Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 10:08 PM
Given the track record of the Law of War revision project, smart money probably has to be on the ICRC, even with a 2015 estimate for the first volume in their new series (see here).  Of course, both projects might well need to take account of one another's end result, making the question of who publishes first all the more interesting....

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Given the track record of the Law of War revision project, smart money probably has to be on the ICRC, even with a 2015 estimate for the first volume in their new series (see here).  Of course, both projects might well need to take account of one another's end result, making the question of who publishes first all the more interesting....

Robert (Bobby) Chesney is the Dean of the University of Texas School of Law, where he also holds the James A. Baker III Chair in the Rule of Law and World Affairs at UT. He is known internationally for his scholarship relating both to cybersecurity and national security. He is a co-founder of Lawfare, the nation’s leading online source for analysis of national security legal issues, and he co-hosts the popular show The National Security Law Podcast.

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