Author: Luís Bogliolo

Luís Paulo Bogliolo is a doctoral candidate with the Laureate Program in International Law. He holds an LLM from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BA Law from the University of Brasília. He has been a lecturer at the University of Brasília, Coordinator of Regulation in the Department of Intellectual Rights at the Brazilian Ministry of Culture, and Law Clerk at the High Court of Brazil. His thesis is entitled Bombing Civilians: Aerial Warfare and Distinction in the History of International Law.
  1. International Humanitarian Law
  2. International Law

Who Counts as a Civilian? Aerial bombing and Distinction in the Interwar Period

On the 1st of July 2016, Barack Obama issued an Executive Order to address civilian casualties in US operations involving the use of force. Together with this Executive Order, a report was published with information on the number of civilian casualties of US counterterrorism strikes. Referring to areas ‘outside active hostilities’, the document listed an […]
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