This article analyzes the perceptions of armed groups regarding the concept of civilians in non-international armed conflicts, through their codes of conduct and other commitments. It intends to shed light on the implementation by these non-state actors of the very critical principle of distinction, the exact articulation of is hotly debated in non-international armed conflict. It thus presents the different approaches to the principle of distinction in non-international armed conflict: the specific-act approach, the membership approach, the functional non-privileged combatancy approach, and the direct participation in hostilities with extended temporal scope in light of the commitments and undertakings of various armed groups. It concludes with the findings made on the basis of the study of the commitments made by armed groups, underlying in particular the issues that remain problematic regarding the principle of distinction in non-international armed conflict, as well as the issues on which a consensus in conceivable.

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非国际性武装冲突中平民的定义

本文通过其行为准则和其他承诺，分析了武装团体对非国际性武装冲突中平民概念的看法。它打算阐明这些非国家行为者对非常重要的区别原则的执行情况，在非国际性武装冲突中对这种确切的表达方式进行了激烈的辩论。因此，它提出了在非国际性武装冲突中区别对待原则的不同方法：具体行动方法，会员制方法，职能性非特权战斗方法，以及根据时间范围扩大直接参与敌对行动各武装团体的承诺和承诺。最后总结了在研究武装团体所作承诺的基础上得出的结论，