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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Non-international armed conflict"”.
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Understanding the Contours of Non-International Armed Conflict
… to the process of identifying NIACs under international law. At its most basic, conflict identification is the real-time objective assessment of prevailing factual circumstances in order to determine the applicable legal regime(s). It is thus an exercise in the classification of armed …
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Legal protection of humanitarian workers during a non-international armed conflict
… organizations with a humanitarian vocation, and international humanitarian organizations, such as, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), active in more than 80 countries. The ICRC was created in order provide assistance and protection to wounded combatants,11 but its activity has …
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The protection of children in non- international armed conflict: Lessons from South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo
Armed conflicts have become increasingly frequent in Africa, particularly in the Eastern and Western regions of Africa. Armed conflict exposes all affected populations to several vulnerabilities and harms. For example, children, as a vulnerable group, experience more problems in this regard. …
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The nexus of international humanitarian law and international human rights law application and enforcement in a non-international armed conflict: A study of the Mozambican armed conflict
Mozambique has experienced armed violence since its independence from the Portuguese. There has been a persistent security crisis perpetuated by different ideologies from Frelimo and Renamo, and, more recently, the inception of the Islamist armed group Al-Shabaab. As a result of armed clashes …
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Principles Matter: Humanitarian Assistance to Civilians under IHL
The provision of relief to civilians in armed conflict is a sensitive activity, subject to specific regulation in IHL treaties. Challenges emerged on the ground have questioned the comprehensive nature of this legal framework and generated debate on the concept of humanitarian assistance itself, …
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1977 protocol II additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and customary international law
Traditionally the laws of war, or widely known as international humanitarian law today, in principle did not cover civil wars but only wars between States. The Geneva Conventions were adopted in 1949 to increase the protection of victims in armed conflicts, but the protection of the victims in …
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Repression, freedom, and minimal geography: human rights, humanitarian law, and Canadian involvement in El Salvador, 1977-1984
… for third parties to apply or make use of International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law to protect civilians caught in the midst of civil war. A case study is presented of El Salvador, where conflict in the 1970s and 1980s took the lives of an estimated 75,000 people and …