APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW IN THE ARMED CONFLICT OF UKRAINE

  • V. M. Repetskyi Lviv Academy of Commerce
Keywords: international armed conflict, non-international armed conflict, occupation, aggressor, sovereignty, prescription in international law

Abstract

The article observes the main trends of formation and development of international humanitarian law. The occupation of the Crimea and armed conflict in eastern Ukraine are under special attention in this article. This article predicates legality of application of the Geneva Conventions to persons involved in armed conflict and response of relevant state bodies of humanitarian law violations.

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Published
2015-06-03
Section
INTERNATIONAL LAW