Interpretive Guidance of the International Committee of the Red Cross on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities: pro et contra
Among the main advantages of the Guidance the author distinguishes a classification of persons in non-international armed conflicts, use of the purpose as a defining feature of the notion of “hostilities”, inclusion of unlawful attacks against the civilian purposes in this notion, application of the...
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Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)
2011-12-01
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| author | V. N. Rusinova |
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| description | Among the main advantages of the Guidance the author distinguishes a classification of persons in non-international armed conflicts, use of the purpose as a defining feature of the notion of “hostilities”, inclusion of unlawful attacks against the civilian purposes in this notion, application of the principle of military necessity as one of the restrictions of the use of force. Several issues of the Guidance are subjected to criticism: a limited scope of application of the minimum threshold requirement to the harm, a dogmatic position on absolute impossibility of qualification of attacks on the persons under authority of a party to the conflict as “hostilities”, a requirement of existence of a link between a civilian and a party to the conflict, elusion from qualification of general planning and leadership. Finally, the author comes to the conclusion that the process of clarification of the notion “direct participation in hostilities” should be continued. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dffa64c1e35b49cf8d2273d46ded563e2024-10-01T17:42:49ZengMoscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)Московский журнал международного права0869-00492619-08932011-12-0104193610.24833/0869-0049-2011-4-19-36464Interpretive Guidance of the International Committee of the Red Cross on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities: pro et contraV. N. Rusinova0Baltic Federal Immanuel Kant UniversityAmong the main advantages of the Guidance the author distinguishes a classification of persons in non-international armed conflicts, use of the purpose as a defining feature of the notion of “hostilities”, inclusion of unlawful attacks against the civilian purposes in this notion, application of the principle of military necessity as one of the restrictions of the use of force. Several issues of the Guidance are subjected to criticism: a limited scope of application of the minimum threshold requirement to the harm, a dogmatic position on absolute impossibility of qualification of attacks on the persons under authority of a party to the conflict as “hostilities”, a requirement of existence of a link between a civilian and a party to the conflict, elusion from qualification of general planning and leadership. Finally, the author comes to the conclusion that the process of clarification of the notion “direct participation in hostilities” should be continued.https://www.mjil.ru/jour/article/view/518international humanitarian lawdirect participation in hostilitiescivil populationwarfare |
| spellingShingle | V. N. Rusinova Interpretive Guidance of the International Committee of the Red Cross on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities: pro et contra Московский журнал международного права international humanitarian law direct participation in hostilities civil population warfare |
| title | Interpretive Guidance of the International Committee of the Red Cross on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities: pro et contra |
| title_full | Interpretive Guidance of the International Committee of the Red Cross on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities: pro et contra |
| title_fullStr | Interpretive Guidance of the International Committee of the Red Cross on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities: pro et contra |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interpretive Guidance of the International Committee of the Red Cross on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities: pro et contra |
| title_short | Interpretive Guidance of the International Committee of the Red Cross on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities: pro et contra |
| title_sort | interpretive guidance of the international committee of the red cross on the notion of direct participation in hostilities pro et contra |
| topic | international humanitarian law direct participation in hostilities civil population warfare |
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