Sean Watts

Sean Watts is a Professor in the Department of Law at the United States Military Academy at West Point where he co-directs the Lieber Institute for Law and Land Warfare. He serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the web forum Articles of War. He is a Senior Fellow with the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence. He is also a visiting Professor with the University of Reading (UK) Law School. He was a member of the group of experts on the Tallinn Manual on Cyber Operations 1.0 and 2.0. He served on the defense team at the Gotovina et al. case at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He retired from the U.S. Army after 25 years of service on active and reserve duty as a military lawyer and Armor officer.

Al Hassan Symposium – (Re) Introduction

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In July of 2023, Articles of War and Armed Groups and International Law jointly launched a series of posts covering the forthcoming trial judgment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Prosecutor v. Al Hassan. The case addressed charges relating to acts by Ansar Dine and Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AD/AQMI) between 2012 and …

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Petite Sardine or Big Fish? Rebel Governance and the ICC Al Hassan Trial

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On 25 May, the Defence finished their closing statements in the Al Hassan case at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The case relates to acts committed during the nine months of 2012 and 2013 that Ansar Dine and Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AD/AQMI) controlled Timbuktu. The case stems from a self-referral by Mali in July 2012 …

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