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International humanitarian law, new forms of armed violence and the use of force

Robert James McLaughlin

Global violence : consequences and responses

Milano : Franco Angeli : International Institute of Humanitarian Law, 2011

p. 115-123

English

IHL is manifesting in new ways within the context of use of force in relation to non-international armed conflict. This contribution centres upon a recent amendment to the 19[9]8 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to incorporate a new provision within article 8 which makes it an offence to employ in non-international armed conflicts bullets which expand or flatten easily in the human body. What was old and settled in IHL is new and novel again. This example clearly illustrates the complexities of the relationship between IHL and human rights law. This is particularly evident in the fact that the prohibition exists in one context, but does not apply in the other.

• Global violence : consequences and responses : 33rd round table on current issues of international humanitarian law (Sanremo, 9-11 September 2010) / ed. by Marco Odello, Gian Luca Beruto