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Classifying Non-International Armed Conflicts: The ‘Territorial Control’ Requirement Under Additional Protocol ii in an Era of Complex Conflicts
Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-09 , DOI: 10.1163/18781527-bja10011
Martha M Bradley 1
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In terms of Additional Protocol ii to the Geneva Conventions ‘territorial control’ is a requirement in order to determine whether, as contemplated by the provisions of the Protocol, a non-international armed conflict exists. Complex situations in which conflict is not confined to the territorial borders of the State where the non-international armed conflict originated increasingly present a challenge to those responsible for conflict classification under the conventional law of non-international armed conflict. In situations such as these, a non-international armed conflict is no longer restricted to the territory of a single State. Multiple non-international conflicts involving numerous actors can co-exist in a single territory at the same time or lead to fighting across borders. The complex conflict situations in the Central African Republic, Mali, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo serve as examples. Attaining legal certainty is pivotal with respect to conflict classification because the category of conflict determines the applicable rules of the conventional law of armed conflict. Even though Additional Protocol ii remains the only comprehensive treaty dedicated to the regulation of non-international armed conflict, there is a paucity of literature which analyses its scope of application, and specifically the territorial control requirement. This article offers an in-depth examination of the territorial control requirement.



中文翻译:

非国际性武装冲突的分类:复杂冲突时代第二项附加议定书对“领土控制”的要求

在附加议定书而言为了确定是否存在《议定书》的规定,是否存在非国际性武装冲突是《日内瓦公约》“领土控制”的必要条件。冲突不仅限于非国际性武装冲突发源国的领土边界的复杂局势,对那些根据非国际性武装冲突的常规法将冲突归类的人构成了挑战。在这种情况下,非国际性武装冲突不再局限于一个国家的领土。涉及众多参与者的多重非国际性冲突可以同时存在于同一地区,也可能导致跨境战斗。中非共和国马里的复杂冲突局势 南苏丹和刚果民主共和国就是例子。关于冲突的分类,获得法律确定性至关重要,因为冲突的类别决定了常规武装冲突法的适用规则。即使附加协议ii仍然是致力于规范非国际性武装冲突的唯一全面条约,缺乏文献分析其适用范围,特别是领土控制要求。本文对领土控制要求进行了深入研究。

更新日期:2020-12-09
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