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Conflict Classification In Ukraine: The Return Of The “Proxy War”?, Robert Heinsch May 2015

Conflict Classification In Ukraine: The Return Of The “Proxy War”?, Robert Heinsch

International Law Studies

The article examines the exact conditions for classifying an armed conflict under international humanitarian law against the backdrop of the crisis in Ukraine, taking into account the difficult factual situation on the ground and the involvement of the different parties to the conflict. Apart from dealing with the requirements of an international or a non-international armed conflict, it looks again into the specific circumstances for the “internationalization” of an internal armed conflict. In doing so, the author revisits the various approaches found in the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice in its 1986 Nicaragua and 2007 Genocide judgments, as …


Regulating Hostilities In Non-International Armed Conflicts: Thoughts On Bridging The Divide Between The Tadić Aspiration And Conflict Realities, Geoffrey S. Corn May 2015

Regulating Hostilities In Non-International Armed Conflicts: Thoughts On Bridging The Divide Between The Tadić Aspiration And Conflict Realities, Geoffrey S. Corn

International Law Studies

International Humanitarian Law (IHL) evolved to strike a rational balance between the necessity of using combat power to defeat enemy opponents, and the humanitarian interest of mitigating the human suffering resulting from armed conflict. Ironically, however, the “type” of conflict most comprehensively regulated by this law—international or inter-State (IACs)—is not the “type” of armed conflict that has been most notable for producing humanitarian suffering since the end of World War II. Instead, non-international armed conflicts (NIACs)—conflicts between States and organized non-State belligerent groups, or even between multiple non-State belligerent groups—have been notorious for their brutality, indifference towards humanitarian restraint, and …


Global Armed Conflict? The Threshold Of Extraterritorial Non-International Armed Conflict, Sasha Radin Dec 2013

Global Armed Conflict? The Threshold Of Extraterritorial Non-International Armed Conflict, Sasha Radin

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Direct Participation In Hostilities And The Interoperability Of The Law Of Armed Conflict And Human Rights Law, Francoise J. Hampson Aug 2011

Direct Participation In Hostilities And The Interoperability Of The Law Of Armed Conflict And Human Rights Law, Francoise J. Hampson

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Xviii Concluding Remarks: Loac And Attempts To Abuse Or Subvert It, Yoram Dinstein Aug 2011

Xviii Concluding Remarks: Loac And Attempts To Abuse Or Subvert It, Yoram Dinstein

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Detention Operations In Iraq: A View From The Ground, Brian J. Bill Dec 2010

Detention Operations In Iraq: A View From The Ground, Brian J. Bill

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


The Role Of The International Committee Of The Red Cross In Stability Operations, Laurent Colassis Dec 2010

The Role Of The International Committee Of The Red Cross In Stability Operations, Laurent Colassis

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


The Occupation Of Iraq: A Reassessment, Eyal Benvenisti, Guy Keinan Dec 2010

The Occupation Of Iraq: A Reassessment, Eyal Benvenisti, Guy Keinan

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


The International Humanitarian Law Classification Of Armed Conflicts In Iraq Since 2003, David Turns Dec 2010

The International Humanitarian Law Classification Of Armed Conflicts In Iraq Since 2003, David Turns

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Occupation In Iraq: Issues On The Periphery And For The Future: A Rubik's Cube Problem?, George K. Walker Dec 2010

Occupation In Iraq: Issues On The Periphery And For The Future: A Rubik's Cube Problem?, George K. Walker

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


The "Fog Of Law": The Law Of Armed Conflict In Operation Iraqi Freedom, Marc Warren Dec 2010

The "Fog Of Law": The Law Of Armed Conflict In Operation Iraqi Freedom, Marc Warren

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Stability Operations: A Guiding Framework For "Small Wars" And Other Conflicts Of The Twenty-First Century, Kenneth Watkin Aug 2009

Stability Operations: A Guiding Framework For "Small Wars" And Other Conflicts Of The Twenty-First Century, Kenneth Watkin

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


The Law Of Armed Conflict And Detention Operations In Afghanistan, Matthew C. Waxman Aug 2009

The Law Of Armed Conflict And Detention Operations In Afghanistan, Matthew C. Waxman

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Rationales For Detention: Security Threats And Intelligence Value, Ryan Goodman Aug 2009

Rationales For Detention: Security Threats And Intelligence Value, Ryan Goodman

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Is Human Rights Law Of Any Relevance To Military Operations In Afghanistan?, Francoise J. Hampson Aug 2009

Is Human Rights Law Of Any Relevance To Military Operations In Afghanistan?, Francoise J. Hampson

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Terrorism And Afghanistan, Yoram Dinstein Aug 2009

Terrorism And Afghanistan, Yoram Dinstein

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Coaltion Operations: A Canadian Perspective, Kenneth W. Watkin Aug 2008

Coaltion Operations: A Canadian Perspective, Kenneth W. Watkin

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


The Treatment Of Detainees And The "Global War On Terror": Selected Legal Issues, David Turns Aug 2008

The Treatment Of Detainees And The "Global War On Terror": Selected Legal Issues, David Turns

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Strategic Communications And The Decline Of The Us Soft Power, Gene E. Bigler Aug 2007

Strategic Communications And The Decline Of The Us Soft Power, Gene E. Bigler

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Luncheon Address International Legal Public Diplomacy, John B. Bellinger Iii Aug 2007

Luncheon Address International Legal Public Diplomacy, John B. Bellinger Iii

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


War, Technology, And The Law Of Armed Conflict, Michael N. Schmitt Dec 2006

War, Technology, And The Law Of Armed Conflict, Michael N. Schmitt

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Unlawful Combatancy, Yoram Dinstein Aug 2003

Unlawful Combatancy, Yoram Dinstein

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Terrorism And The Use Of Force In International Law, Michael Schmitt Aug 2003

Terrorism And The Use Of Force In International Law, Michael Schmitt

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


The Laws Of War In The War On Terror, Adam Roberts Aug 2003

The Laws Of War In The War On Terror, Adam Roberts

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Propositions On The Law Of War After The Kosovo Campain, Ruth Wedgewood Aug 2002

Propositions On The Law Of War After The Kosovo Campain, Ruth Wedgewood

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Rule Of Conduct During Humanitarian Intervention, Ivan Shearer Aug 2002

Rule Of Conduct During Humanitarian Intervention, Ivan Shearer

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Legitmate Military Objective Under The Current Jus In Bello, Yoram Dinstein Aug 2002

Legitmate Military Objective Under The Current Jus In Bello, Yoram Dinstein

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


International Humanitarian Law From Agincourt To Rome, Meron Theodor Aug 2000

International Humanitarian Law From Agincourt To Rome, Meron Theodor

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


The Normative Framework Of International Humanitarian Law: Overlaps, Gaps, And Ambiguities, Cherif M. Bassiouni Aug 2000

The Normative Framework Of International Humanitarian Law: Overlaps, Gaps, And Ambiguities, Cherif M. Bassiouni

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.


Nongovernmental Organizations And International Humanitarian Law, Ved Nanda Sep 1998

Nongovernmental Organizations And International Humanitarian Law, Ved Nanda

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.