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The law of armed conflict and its application to enemy combatants
U.S. military law draws a clear line: service members are required to obey lawful orders and have a duty to refuse orders that are unlawful, especially those that are "manifestly unlawful" (e.g., orde...
The line between who may be tried by military commission and who is entitled to a civilian trial turns on a mix of the law of armed conflict (combatant status), statutory designations (e.g., the AUMF ...
NATO as an alliance runs education and training programmes, via Allied Command Transformation and the NATO Defence College, to build cohesion and readiness among member forces . NATO’s public material...
A soldier may legally and ethically refuse an order when that order is unlawful—most clearly when it commands a criminal act such as murder of civilians, rape, torture, or other violations of the law ...