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THE EXPANDING PROTECTION OF MEMBERS OF A PARTY'S OWN ARMED FORCES UNDER INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW

Cóman Kenny, Yvonne McDermott Rees Orcid Logo

International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Volume: 68, Issue: 04, Pages: 943 - 976

Swansea University Author: Yvonne McDermott Rees Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1017/s002058931900040x

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Does international law govern how states and armed groups treat their own forces? Do serious violations of the laws of war and human rights law that would otherwise constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity fall squarely outside the scope of international criminal law when committed against f...

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Published in: International and Comparative Law Quarterly
ISSN: 0020-5893 1471-6895
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2019
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