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Party Status to Armed Conflict in International Law

Party Status to Armed Conflict in International Law

Author: Alexander Wentker
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198900900
Published In: July 2024
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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The question of what constitutes an armed conflict has featured prominently in international law debates. However, international lawyers have paid less attention to the inextricable question of who is engaged in a conflict, focusing solely on whether there is an armed conflict.

Against this backdrop, Alexander Wentker's Party Status to Armed Conflict in International Law explores why it matters and how it is established that a State, international organization, or armed group is a party to an armed conflict. The first part of the book demonstrates that party status is central at all levels of the international legal regulation of armed conflicts, with parties to armed conflict being both key addressees of international law and central reference points for regulating individuals and third parties. In response to increasingly widespread cooperation practices, the book's second part advances an analytical framework for identifying parties to conflicts with multiple parties on the same side (or 'co-parties').

Party Status to Armed Conflict in International Law is a must-read for academics, students, and practitioners seeking to understand how armed conflicts are legally regulated. It presents readers with a refined account of how responsibilities are allocated in armed conflicts, enabling deeper insight into how international law can best respond to the realities of contemporary conflicts.

Introduction

Part I: The Legal Position of Parties to Armed Conflicts in International Law

1:Parties and the Regulation of Armed Conflict Through Collective Entities

2:Parties and Third Parties in Armed Conflict

Part II: The Identification of Parties to Armed Conflicts

3:Disentangling the Identification of Parties and the Concepts of Armed Conflict in Multi-Party Conflicts

4:Criteria for Establishing Co-Party Status

5:Operationalising Party Status: Cooperation and the Implications of Identifying Co-Parties

Conclusion