Professor Milena Sterio was quoted in an article by PolitFact on April 2, on the topic of “It is a war crime to bomb civilian infrastructure, as Donald Trump has threatened?” 

Professor Sterio explained that bombing a civilian target intentionally is “a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law,” which “would give rise to a war crime.”  Professor Sterio also opined on the status of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions.  She stated that the Protocol has “the status of customary law, which is binding on all states,” and that “[i]t doesn’t not matter that the U.S. is not a member of the protocol.”