TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dinstein,Yoram
TI  - Non-international armed conflicts in international law
SN  - 9781108836180
AV  - KZ6355 .D56 2021
U1  - 341.6 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - War (International law)
KW  - Intervention (International law)
KW  - War victims
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - War crimes
KW  - War
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The framework -- The preconditions of a NIAC -- Thresholds and interaction of armed conflicts -- Fighters, civilians and LONIAC -- Foreign intervention in a NIAC -- Recognition -- State responsibility -- The principal LONIAC treaty provisions -- Additional treaty texts -- NIAC war crimes -- LONIAC customary international law -- LONIAC and human rights law -- Conclusions
N2  - "Due to their preponderance and intensity, non-international armed conflicts are currently very much in the public mind: often, more so than international armed conflicts. The present volume serves as a comprehensive introduction to the international legal regime of non-international armed conflicts, proceeding strictly in light of what the contemporary law is (as distinct from what the present author or anybody else would like it to be). Non-international armed conflicts raise a raft of issues that need to be addressed, including in particular their preconditions, thresholds, diverse forms and configurations; the discordant perspectives of the international and domestic legal systems; as well as the application of treaty and customary law to non-State actors. In addition, it is necessary to examine the consequences of intervention by foreign States; the role of the Security Council; the effects of recognition; State responsibility for wrongdoing to the installations, diplomats or nationals of foreign States, etc. The interface between the law of international and non-international armed conflicts is a matter of crucial concern. There are also numerous specific problems, ranging from the complexities of "failing States" to the recruitment and use of child-soldiers"--
ER  -