Killing in a Gray Area between Humanitarian Law and Human Rights How Can the National Police of Colombia Overcome the Uncertainty of Which Branch of International Law to Apply? /

Armed forces can be confronted with the problem of correctly classifying a targeted group as one that is or is not party to an armed conflict. In particular, this happens in a context of a high level of violence where a non-international armed conflict is (likely) occurring at the same time, such as...

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Main Author: Rm̲er, Jan. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
Series:Schriftenreihe der Juristischen Fakultt̃ der Europa-Universitt̃ Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder),
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