The latter can only serve as an indicative factor to be considered.Ĭommon Article 3 to the Geneva Conventions refers to a ‘conflict not of an international character’, but does not provide a definition. The assessment whether a situation amounts to a non-international armed conflict is based on the factual situation, not on the characterization given by states involved or by the international community. Not every situation of armed violence within a state amounts to a non-international armed conflict: when a situation of violence is merely a situation of internal strife or civil disturbance, such a situation does not reach the threshold of ‘non-international armed conflict’ and international humanitarian law does not apply. Classification » Non-international armed conflict
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