As it is well known, Additional Protocol II (AP II) does not apply to all and every armed conflict of a non-international character: rather it sets a threshold of application, below which internal armed conflicts remain merely subject to the provisions of Common Article 3 (CA 3) to the Geneva Conventions (GCs). The definition of the threshold of application of AP II, however, does not solve all problems: inasmuch as the content of AP II corresponds to customary international law (CIL) the problem subsists, whether or to which extent CIL rules are conditioned by the same threshold of application. The present contribution will, therefore, be divided into two parts: in the first part, I will endeavor to define the threshold of application of Additional Protocol II (AP II); in the second part, I will try to tentatively answer the question on whether and to what extent the precise identification of this threshold really matters, when we consider the situation under the lens of CIL.

Additional Protocol II and threshold of application / M. Pedrazzi - In: The Additional Protocols 40 Years Later: New Conflicts, New Actors, New Perspectives / [a cura di] F. Pocar. - [s.l] : Franco Angeli, 2018. - ISBN 9788891769947. - pp. 48-55 (( Intervento presentato al 40. convegno International Humanitarian Law tenutosi a Sanremo nel 2017.

Additional Protocol II and threshold of application

M. Pedrazzi
2018

Abstract

As it is well known, Additional Protocol II (AP II) does not apply to all and every armed conflict of a non-international character: rather it sets a threshold of application, below which internal armed conflicts remain merely subject to the provisions of Common Article 3 (CA 3) to the Geneva Conventions (GCs). The definition of the threshold of application of AP II, however, does not solve all problems: inasmuch as the content of AP II corresponds to customary international law (CIL) the problem subsists, whether or to which extent CIL rules are conditioned by the same threshold of application. The present contribution will, therefore, be divided into two parts: in the first part, I will endeavor to define the threshold of application of Additional Protocol II (AP II); in the second part, I will try to tentatively answer the question on whether and to what extent the precise identification of this threshold really matters, when we consider the situation under the lens of CIL.
Settore IUS/13 - Diritto Internazionale
2018
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