Israel’s perspective on Key Legal and Practical Issues Concerning the...
Transcript of the keynote speech delivered by Israeli Deputy Attorney General (International Law), Dr. Roy Schöndorf, on 8 December, 2020 at the US Naval War College’s event on “Disruptive...
View ArticleIsrael’s Cautious Perspective on International Law in Cyberspace: Part I...
Last week, Israel’s Deputy Attorney General for International Law, Dr. Roy Schöndorf, delivered an important virtual speech on his nation’s positions regarding the application of international law in...
View ArticleIsrael’s Cautious Perspective on International Law in Cyberspace: Part II...
In Part I of this series, I assessed Israel’s approach to the identification and interpretation of international law in the cyber context, as set forth in an important virtual speech by Israel’s Deputy...
View ArticleOld Habits Die Hard: Applying Existing International Law in Cyberspace and...
In the past few years, a growing number of states have expressed their official positions on the applicability of international law in cyberspace. Most recently, New Zealand and Israel shared their own...
View ArticleProtecting Societies – Anchoring a new protection dimension in international...
Adversarial military cyber operations carried out during armed conflict can affect the functioning of civilian societies in unprecedented ways, challenging the protective reach of international...
View ArticleInternational Law at NATO’s Brussels Summit
The June 2021 NATO summit in Brussels was noteworthy for the U.S. renewal of its commitment to the Alliance. Speaking with Secretary-General Stoltenberg, President Biden reassured NATO members (the...
View ArticleThe pandemic, UN cyber negotiations and international law and norms
Bright winter sunlight flooded the non-descript conference room in the Palais des Nations, as delegates of the UN Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on cyber took their seats. It was February 2020,...
View ArticleThe Oxford Statement on International Law Protections in Cyberspace: The...
In the past few months, nothing has reminded everyone of the etymology of the expression ‘computer virus’ like ransomware. This form of malicious code is delivered through a vulnerability in the...
View ArticleUnilateral Economic Sanctions to Deter and Punish Cyber-Attacks: Are They...
In June 2021 during the Biden-Putin summit, President Biden stated that critical infrastructure should be “off-limits” to cyber-attacks and handed over a list of 16 areas of critical infrastructure...
View ArticleUkranian ‘IT Army’: A Cyber Levée en Masse or Civilians Directly...
In the days following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Digital Transformation Mykhaylo Fedorov announced in a tweet the creation of an ‘IT Army’. According...
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