One of the most common materials to build infrastructure around the globe is Portland Cement Concrete, which is also one of the factors affecting economies nowadays. Portland Cement Concrete requires a large amount of raw materials in order to be produced, like milestone, which its extraction method …

Dit artikel beoogt een overzicht op hoofdlijnen te bieden van het juridisch kader dat geldt voor militair gebruik van de ruimte door de Nederlandse krijgsmacht. Daarbij wordt onderscheid gemaakt tussen de rechtsgrond voor militair optreden (ius ad bellum – recht tot oorlog) enerzijds en de rechtsregimes …

The moral dimension of exit is closely related to the moral dimension of entry. Notably, when the entry is highly questioned from a moral perspective, by many different actors, there are bound to be moral problems with regard to exit as well. This point will be illustrated by a discussion of the situation …

General view on the political framework of post-modern military operations. Since the American president G.W. Bush in response to the 9/11 attacks proclaimed the war on terror in 2001 the United States consider themselves involved in a worldwide struggle against international terrorism. Given the elusive …

The authors concentrate on the legal framework for cyber operations. Analysing this framework, covering the legal bases in order to initiate cyber operations, as well as the applicable regimes that govern the conduct of operations, shows that various sorts of cyber operations do not fit nearly into existing …

De Tweede Libanonoorlog van 2006 bevat een aantal interessante elementen die betrekking hebben op de juridische grondslag van de operatie en op de vigerende rechtsregels tijdens het conflict. Deze bijdrage behandelt beide aspecten. De centrale vraag luidt: wat is de rechtsbasis van de Israëlische operatie …

The authors take a legal perspective at the 2006 Hezbollah-Israeli conflict, but also illustrate the difficulty states armed forces have when facing non-state adversaries. International law (ius ad bellum) and the laws of war (ius in bello) both seem to originate most of all from the history of western, …