ARMED CONFLICT

resort to armed force

regulated by IHL (GC49)

NIAC

HYBRID

IAC

btw states

broad protection

CA 2 GV

A 1.4 AP I

wars of national liberation

effective AC

Declared war

Occupation

civil wars

non-state actors

minimum protection

prior to 1949, Pple of non-intervention

but savage, so after applied

CA 3 GV (low intensity)

AP II (high intensity)

w/in state territory

State A vs AG

AG vs AG

Organized AG within state rebel

IAC-NIAC dychotomy of IHL

State A vs AG

State A vs 2/+ AG

2 AG fight in state A

State A vs AG that spread to State B

Multinational AF w/ host State AF vs AG

UN forces + host State A vs AG

State B vs AG in State A

International Terrorism: No AC- IHRL

International Terrorism: IAC/ NIAC- IHL

unclear legitimate gov't, peviously attacked by 3rd party