Fighting irregular fighters: Is the law of armed conflict outdated?

Sibylle Scheipers

Fighting irregular fighters: Is the law of armed conflict outdated?

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The law of armed conflict has often been described as outdated and ill suited to military conflicts in the twenty-first century. Both academics and practitioners have argued that today’s wars tend to be asymmetric conflicts between states and nonstate actors, whereas the law of armed conflict was made with a view to symmetrical interstate war. This article challenges that notion.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	45-56
Journal	Parameters
Volume	43
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - 2014

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© 2013 Sibylle Scheipers. This work has been made available online with permission from the publisher. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published by Parameters.

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