Foreword

摘要

Welcome to the International and Operational Law edition of The Army Lawyer! This issue contains not only relevant articles on current International and Operational Law topics, but also a transcript of the remarks given by the new Department of Defense General Counsel-Mr. Jeh Johnson-at a recent Rule of Law symposium co-sponsored by Georgetown University and the University of Virginia School of Law as well as the The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School.rnThe articles in this edition cover a wide variety of topics from international agreements to detainee issues at the brigade level. Major Marie Anderson and Major Katherine Krul have written an excellent primer for use by Judge Advocates assigned to a brigade staff that will inevitably face detainee issues. Major Jeremy Marsh has written a superior overview of Rule 99 of the ICRC study of Customary International Humanitarian Law which examines the relationship between the Law of War and Human Rights law. Major Shane Reeves revisits the Tadic case, a much overlooked war crimes decision that described a more expansive definition of what it means to be a "protected person" of the Fourth Geneva Convention.