Non-international armed conflicts
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Recent papers in Non-international armed conflicts
Noam Zamir provides a comprehensive and concise analysis of the issues concerning conflict classification, with particular focus on the impact of foreign state interventions in the internal affairs of states engaged in a NIAC. The... more
Everyone has the right to life according to the European Convention on Human Rights. However, this is not an absolute right as article 2 of the Convention provides the exceptional situations in which the deprivation of life resulting from... more
На сегодняшний день большинство вооруженных конфликтов происходит в пределах границ государств, причиняя большие разрушения и приводя к огромному количеству жертв. Несмотря на значительный прогресс в международно-правовом регулировании... more
As violence has continued to rise in Mexico year after year, criminal groups have adopted an increasingly militarized approach to their tactics, weaponry and training. InSight Crime sat down with Robert J. Bunker and John P. Sullivan,... more
Crime wars and criminal Insurgencies challenge states as they emerge at the intersection of crime and war. In many nations these conflicts involve protracted gang and drug wars. These situations of insecurity range in the... more
This working paper analyses the principle of distinction in virtual warfare. It focuses upon the case studies of drone warfare under non-international armed conflict and cyber warfare under international armed conflict. It argues that the... more
There are sequences of challenges concomitant with the drastic increase of Non-State Armed Groups. These challenges have caused a lot of travail on humanity especially to the noncombatants or civilians living in places of de facto control... more
Even though the law of armed conflict traditionally recognizes only the dichotomy of international and non-international armed conflict applicable in the normative framework regulating armed hostilities, reality presents situations that... more
Le conflit armé au Yémen a été déclenché en mars 2015 par une intervention militaire de la Coalition de plusieurs pays du Golf et de la Ligue Arabe à la demande du président Hadi en exil à Riyad. La Coalition, qui agit sur commandement... more
This presentation aims to analyze the difficulties connected with the spread of epidemics in times of war, which may be considered "an emergency within an emergency", involving difficult problems with no easy solutions, from both a... more
Does the distinction between international and non-international armed conflicts still exist or has it been virtually eliminated? If there are no distinctions and same set of rules govern both international and non-international armed... more
Future conflicts will mostly be waged by drug cartels, mafia groups, gangs, and terrorists. It is time to rethink our rules of engagement.
RESUMEN: Los grupos armados no estatales no son un fenómeno nuevo. Sin embargo, el incremento de los conflictos armados internos desde el final de la Guerra Fría así como el surgimiento del terrorismo internacional han abierto el debate... more
The purpose of this article is to re-examine recognition of belligerency in non-international armed conflict (NIAC) and, by looking at civil wars in the 19th and 20th Centuries, come to a better understanding of why recognition of... more
The non-international armed conflict in Tajikistan(NIAC), often simply referred to as the civil war in Tajikistan, was an armed intra-ethnic and inter-clan conflict of a non-international character fought between pro-governmental forces... more
Background: Situations of humanitarian crisis are often caused by armed conflicts. Given the prevalence of non-international armed conflicts today, ways of ameliorating these situations are at the forefront of concerns. The international... more
The Hungarian criminal proceedings concerning the prosecution of people responsible for committing alleged breaches of Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions during the 1956 revolution have attracted surprisingly little international... more
The use of children as combatants is not only carried out by the state, but also by actors other than the state. Children aged 8 to 14 are armed, trained and fielded in combats. The recruitment of child soldiers is generally prohibited by... more
The right to rebel is a neglected topic in international law. The reasons for this lack of interest are to be found in the centrality of states as subjects of international law and their understandable reluctance to address non-state... more
Лисик В. ЮРИДИЧНІ НАСЛІДКИ ПРИПИНЕННЯ НЕМІЖНАРОДНОГО ЗБРОЙНОГО КОНФЛІКТУ ДЛЯ ОСІБ, СВОБОДА ЯКИХ У ЦЬОМУ КОНФЛІКТІ ОБМЕЖЕНА /Володимир Лисик, Софія Ольшанецька//Вісник Львівського університету. Серія міжнародні відносини. -2015.- Випуск... more
The purpose of this article is to re-examine recognition of belligerency in non-international armed conflict (NIAC) and, by looking at civil wars in the 19th and 20th Centuries, come to a better understanding of why recognition of... more
In "Le droit international relatif aux groupes armés non étatiques", which is based on the author's PhD thesis defended at the University of Geneva, Zakaria Daboné contributes to the ongoing study of non–state armed groups' behaviors. In... more
The concept of international customary law is one of the most debated issues of international law. There is controversy regarding its constituent elements, the process of its formation, indeed, some authors even debate its very existence... more
This chapter focuses on the role of Antonio Cassese in the development of the customary law of non-international armed conflicts. Analyzing the situation before the decision of the Appeals Chamber of the ICTY in Tadić, the author submits... more