This post forms part of phase two of the Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to Prevent Harm and Need in Conflict, hosted by the Armed Groups and International Law blog. The introductory post can be found here. The symposium invites reflection on the conceptualisation of negative everyday lived experiences of armed conflict, and legal and extra-legal …
See French version below. Addressing the Current Situation and Exploring the Path Forward In my book, I have attempted to identify which IHL rules apply, to whom, and how they apply in situations where a conflict has become wholly international due to an organised armed group being under a third State’s overall control. In such …
See French version below. Acknowledgement: The author would like to express her sincere gratitude to Dr. Pauline Lesaffre for reviewing this piece. Her insightful feedback and expertise were instrumental in improving the accuracy of this blog post. Disclaimer: The author has used AI-driven tools, Grammarly, for language editing and grammar correction. The author, however, takes …
Introduction When States exercise control over foreign territory through armed intermediaries rather than through their own regular forces, international humanitarian law (IHL) confronts a fundamental challenge: does the law of occupation still apply, or does indirect control create a space of diminished accountability? Eugénie Duss’s Chapter Seven offers an important and carefully reasoned answer. It rejects the …
The notion of proxy occupation is not just a theoretical conundrum that concerns a select few classification experts looking to provoke an academic conversation about an under-explored idea. Yes, the topic is underexplored in the literature. No, it is not a mere intellectual puzzle with no practical need. To be honest, it was only when …
[French version below] It appears to be settled at law that when a State has overall control over a proxy armed group that is party to a non-international armed conflict (NIAC), an armed conflict between Sponsor State and Territorial State of an international character (IAC) comes into existence. Despite the misgivings of some international lawyers, …
This post forms part of phase two of the Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to Prevent Harm and Need in Conflict, hosted by the Armed Groups and International Law blog. The introductory post can be found here. The symposium invites reflection on the conceptualisation of negative everyday lived experiences of armed conflict, and legal and extra-legal …
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This post forms part of phase two of the Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to Prevent Harm and Need in Conflict, hosted by the Armed Groups and International Law blog. The introductory post can be found here. The symposium invites reflection on the conceptualisation of negative everyday lived experiences of armed conflict, and legal and extra-legal …
This post forms part of phase two of the Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to Prevent Harm and Need in Conflict, hosted by the Armed Groups and International Law blog. The introductory post can be found here. The symposium invites reflection on the conceptualisation of negative everyday lived experiences of armed conflict, and legal and extra-legal strategies that can effectively …
This post forms part of phase two of the Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to Prevent Harm and Need in Conflict, hosted by the Armed Groups and International Law blog. The introductory post can be found here. The symposium invites reflection on the conceptualisation of negative everyday lived experiences of armed conflict, and legal and extra-legal …