Part I Regulating Non-International Armed Conflicts, 4 The Sources of the Law of Non-International Armed Conflict
From: The Law of Non-International Armed Conflict
Sandesh Sivakumaran
- Subject(s):
- Armed conflict, non-international — Armed conflict, international — Geneva Conventions 1949 — Customary international law — Treaties, reservations and declarations
The law of non-international armed conflict is part of public international law. Accordingly, the sources of the law of non-international armed conflict are the same as those of general public international law. They comprise treaties, custom, and general principles, and as a subsidiary means for determining the law, judicial decisions and the writings of publicists.1 In addition to these well-accepted sources and subsidiary means of law-determination, a whole host of other materials also influences the behaviour of parties to non-international armed conflicts....
