Traditionally, international humanitarian law is considered to be applicable only to the relationship between different parties of an armed conflict, while domestic law and international human rights law address situations of intra-party conduct, i.e., conduct involving members of the same party only. In the recent case law of the International Criminal Court, however, intra-party offences against children used as child soldiers have been treated as war crimes. Various Chambers have offered different argumentations on this inclusion, which touches upon fundamental issues related to the scope of application of international humanitarian law. This article explores whether the criminalization of intra-party offences as war crimes is in line with contemporary international humanitarian law, arguing that a positive answer must be based on the correct interpretation of international humanitarian law rules.

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根据国际刑事法院最近关于武装冲突中儿童的一些决定，将党内犯罪定为刑事犯罪

传统上，国际人道法被认为仅适用于武装冲突不同当事方之间的关系，而国内法和国际人权法处理的是当事方内部行为的情况，即仅涉及同一方成员的行为。然而，在国际刑事法院最近的判例法中，针对用作儿童兵的儿童的党内犯罪被视为战争罪。各个分庭就这一纳入提出了不同的论点，涉及与国际人道主义法适用范围相关的基本问题。本文探讨将党内犯罪定为战争罪是否符合当代国际人道法，