Challenges of Twenty-First Century Conflicts: A Look at Direct Participation in Hostilities
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Challenges of Twenty-first Century Conflicts: a Look at Direct Participation in Hostilities
During times of armed conflict, whether characterized as international or non-international, International Humanitarian Law (“IHL”) is applicable. As a body of law, IHL does not question the lawfulness of a conflict (jus ad bellum) but seeks instead to apply humanitarian principles in warfare (jus in bello). IHL recognizes that even war has its limits, irrespective of its cause, and strives to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: SSRN Electronic Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2326568