In an opinion for The Cipher Daily Brief, CERL Advisory Council member Geoffrey Corn explains the framework for assessing whether an attack is indiscriminate under international law. Turning to military experts for the operational context is critical to making judicial assessments that fairly weigh the imperatives of war against humanitarian considerations, he argues.

Geoffrey S. Corn is the George R. Killam, Jr. Chair of Criminal Law and Director of the Center for Military Law and Policy at Texas Tech University School of Law and a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel. He is also a member of the CERL Advisory Council. Read his bio here.

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