Improving compliance with international human law by non-State armed groups in the Great Lakes region of Africa

Magister Legum - LLM === Currently, one of the most dramatic threats to human security is constituted by internal armed conflicts. In 1998, violent conflicts took place in at least 25 countries. Of these armed conflicts, 23 were internal, engaging one or more non-State armed groups. A crucial featur...

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Main Author: Kaneza, Carine
Other Authors: van der Poll, Letetia
Language:en
Published: University of the Western Cape 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2056
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Summary:Magister Legum - LLM === Currently, one of the most dramatic threats to human security is constituted by internal armed conflicts. In 1998, violent conflicts took place in at least 25 countries. Of these armed conflicts, 23 were internal, engaging one or more non-State armed groups. A crucial feature of internal conflicts is the widespread violation of humanitarian law and human rights by armed groups, from rebel groups to private militias. This thesis aimed at identifying various ways of promoting a better implementation of the Geneva Conventions and its Protocols by NSAGs in the Great Lakes Region. === South Africa