Concluding Remarks on Non-International Armed Conflicts

Abstract

T Newport conference has covered a large number of issues pertaining to non-international armed conflicts (NIACs), as compared to international armed conflicts (LACs). In these concluding remarks, I shall focus on six main themes: (i) the proper definition of a NIAC; (ii) the thresholds of armed conflicts; (iii) the application of the jus in bello in a NLAC; (iv) the various types of recognition relevant to a NLAC; (v) intervention by a foreign country in a NlAC; and (vi) the interaction between NIACs and lACs.