Kenneth Chan Yoon Onn
About/Bio
Kenneth Chan is a Senior Researcher at the Walther Schücking Institute of International Law in the University of Kiel, Germany. His research is focussed on the laws of war generally and the use of force specifically. Kenneth holds a PhD from the KU Leuven and an LLM from Leiden University.
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The Prosecutor’s New Policy on ‘Cyber Operations’ before the International Criminal Court (and its Implications for Ukraine): Some Preliminary Reflections
September 15, 2023
Kenneth Chan Yoon Onn
In late August, the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief prosecutor, Karim A. A. Khan, published a little-noticed op-ed with Foreign Policy Analytics discussing the potential for the ICC to prosecute ‘cyberattacks’ as international crimes pursuant to the Rome Statute (RS). A cyberattack, according to the Tallinn Manual 2.0, is a ‘cyber operation,…
The International Law of Protected Spaces and the Collapse of the Humanitarian Corridors in Ukraine
March 11, 2022
Kenneth Chan Yoon Onn
As the war in Ukraine deepens, the UN Refugee Agency has warned that Europe sits on the precipice of its ‘largest refugee crisis this century’. Over a million people have already fled the Russian invasion within the first seven days of conflict alone, and numbers are expected to rise exponentially. Simultaneously, while the refugee crisis grows…
Popular articles by Kenneth Chan Yoon Onn
The Prosecutor’s New Policy on ‘Cyber Operations’ before the International Criminal Court (and its Implications for Ukraine): Some Preliminary Reflections
September 15, 2023
Kenneth Chan Yoon Onn
In late August, the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief prosecutor, Karim A. A. Khan, published a little-noticed op-ed with Foreign Policy Analytics discussing the potential for the ICC to prosecute ‘cyberattacks’ as international crimes pursuant to the Rome Statute (RS). A cyberattack, according to the Tallinn Manual 2.0, is a ‘cyber operation,…
The International Law of Protected Spaces and the Collapse of the Humanitarian Corridors in Ukraine
March 11, 2022
Kenneth Chan Yoon Onn
As the war in Ukraine deepens, the UN Refugee Agency has warned that Europe sits on the precipice of its ‘largest refugee crisis this century’. Over a million people have already fled the Russian invasion within the first seven days of conflict alone, and numbers are expected to rise exponentially. Simultaneously, while the refugee crisis grows…