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Georgia/Russia, Human Rights Watch’s Report on the Conflict in South Ossetia Philippines, Application of IHL by the National Democratic Front of the Philippines India, Press Release, Violence in Kashmir Switzerland, Military Tribunal of Division 1, Acquittal of G.Ĭase Study, Armed Conflicts in the Great Lakes Region (3. US ( paras 219 and 254)Ĭase Study, Armed Conflicts in the former Yugoslavia ( 9 and 26) ILC, Draft Articles on State Responsibility (Part A., Art. Yemen, UN Report on the Armed Conflict since 2014 between to States intervening militarily in support of two adverse parties of a NIAC) OUTLINE between an armed group and an intervening outside State), while IHL of international armed conflicts applies to other relations, e.g.

In such conflicts, depending on the nature of parties to the conflict, IHL of non-international armed conflicts applies to the relations between some parties (e.g. Others become an international armed conflict Some remain a non-international armed conflict This dimension can take several forms:ġ) One or more third States or an international/regional organization (the States or the organization acting through a multinational force) intervene in support of a state involved in an armed conflict against an organized armed groupĢ) One or more third States or an international/regional organization (the States or the organization acting through a multinational force) intervene in support of an organized armed group involved in an armed conflict against a Stateģ) Other possible combinations between situations 1), 2) and 3).įrom a legal point of view, these situations can be translated into three specific cases: The expression rather describes situations of non-international armed conflicts with a dimension that is said to be “international”. The expression “internationalized armed conflicts” is not a legal expression as such and does not imply a third category of armed conflicts.

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