Pillars not Principles: The Status of Humanity and Military Necessity in the Law of Armed Conflict

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JOURNAL OF CONFLICT & SECURITY LAW Pub Date : 2020-04-01 DOI:10.1093/jcsl/kraa001

E. Winter

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Abstract

Humanity and military necessity are often said to be ‘principles’ of the law of armed conflict (LOAC). However, for Dworkin, a concept must satisfy certain criteria in order to earn the status of a principle. First, principles carry different weightings to each other so that one may triumph in the event of a clash. Secondly, principles are capable of superseding positive rules so that coherence in the regime over which they preside is maintained. This article contends that neither criterion is satisfied by humanity or military necessity. Consequently, it argues that these concepts are not truly principles and that, instead, they are better viewed as ‘pillars’ of the LOAC.

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支柱而非原则:武装冲突法中的人道地位和军事必要性

人道主义和军事必要性通常被称为武装冲突法的“原则”。然而，对于德沃金来说，一个概念必须满足一定的标准，才能获得原则的地位。首先，原则对彼此具有不同的权重，因此在冲突的情况下，一方可能获胜。第二，原则能够取代积极的规则，以便保持它们所主持的制度的一致性。本文认为，人道主义和军事必要性都不能满足这两个标准。因此，它认为这些概念并不是真正的原则，相反，它们最好被视为《LOAC》的“支柱”。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Conflict & Security Law is a thrice yearly refereed journal aimed at academics, government officials, military lawyers and lawyers working in the area, as well as individuals interested in the areas of arms control law, the law of armed conflict (international humanitarian law) and collective security law. The Journal covers the whole spectrum of international law relating to armed conflict from the pre-conflict stage when the issues include those of arms control, disarmament, and conflict prevention and discussions of the legality of the resort to force, through to the outbreak of armed conflict when attention turns to the coverage of the conduct of military operations and the protection of non-combatants by international humanitarian law.