Internationalized armed conflicts in international law /

How does an internal armed conflict become internationalized? And what are the consequences for the application of international humanitarian law? Focusing on combatant status and the law of belligerent occupation, this book examines how international law applies to situations of internationalized a...

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Main Author: Mačák, Kubo, 1984- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford monographs in international humanitarian and criminal law.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Series; Internationalized Armed Conflicts in International Law; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; Detailed Table of Contents; Table of Cases; Table of Treaties, Legislation,and Other Instruments; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Research Overview; 1.1.1 Aim, objectives, and scope; 1.1.2 Methodology; 1.1.3 Structure; 1.2 Distinction Between International and Non-​international Armed Conflicts; 1.2.1 Historical overview; 1.2.2 Current dichotomy; 1.2.3 Convergence and its limits; 1.3 Concept of Internationalization of Armed Conflicts
  • 1.3.1 Emergence of the term 'internationalization' in international law1.3.2 Towards the definition of 'internationalization' in international law; I. CONFLICT TRANSFORMATIONS; 2. Internationalization; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Intervention; 2.2.1 Consensual intervention; 2.2.1.1 Historical background; 2.2.1.2 Legal nature; 2.2.1.3 Policy considerations; 2.2.2 Non-​consensual intervention; 2.2.2.1 Meaning of the lack of consent; 2.2.2.2 Direct and indirect intervention; 2.2.2.3 Indirect intervention in international jurisprudence
  • 2.2.2.4 Decoupling the law of state responsibility from conflict qualification under IHL2.2.3 Intervention by international organizations; 2.2.3.1 Intensity and consent criteria; 2.2.3.2 Internationalizing forms of intervention; 2.3 Dissolution; 2.3.1 Disintegration; 2.3.1.1 State secession of self-​determination units; 2.3.1.2 Irreversible state dissolution; 2.3.1.3 Acceptance by parent state; 2.3.2 Destabilization; 2.4 Wars of National Liberation; 2.4.1 Historical context; 2.4.2 Material scope of application; 2.4.3 Temporal scope of application
  • 2.4.4 Effect on the legal status of the liberation movement2.5 Recognition of Belligerency, Unilateral Declarations, and Special Agreements; 2.5.1 Recognition of belligerency; 2.5.1.1 Existence in contemporary law; 2.5.1.2 Relative nature; 2.5.1.3 Discretionary nature; 2.5.2 Unilateral declarations and special agreements; 2.6 Evaluation; 3. Complex Conflict Situations; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Apparent Choice: 'Global' Versus 'Mixed' Approach; 3.2.1 Pure global view and the geographical scope of applicability of IHL; 3.2.2 Blanket nature of the pure global view
  • 3.2.3 Artificiality of the pure mixed view3.3 Spectrum, Not a Choice: Introducing the Hybrid Model; 3.4 Evaluation; 4. De-​internationalization; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Conceptualizing De-​internationalization; 4.2.1 De-​internationalization and the notion of 'armed conflict'; 4.2.2 Conflict transformations and de-​internationalization; 4.3 Modalities of De-​internationalization; 4.3.1 Regime change and outside intervention; 4.3.2 State unification?; 4.3.3 Wars of national liberation; 4.3.4 Recognition of belligerency, special agreements, and unilateral declarations; 4.4 Evaluation