Introduction

Authors

Gregory L. Rose, University of WollongongFollow
Bruce Oswald, University of Melbourne

RIS ID

109139

Publication Details

G. L. Rose & B. Oswald, 'Introduction' in G. L. Rose & B. Oswald(ed), Detention of Non-State Actors Engaged in Hostilities: The Future Law (2016) 1-3.

Abstract

In an era afflicted by armed conflicts that do not involve competing conventional armed forces, but instead engage militants who are private actors against State armed forces, a lack of clear and comprehensive international standards creates uncertainties. What are twenty-first century foreign military or international peacekeeping personnel permitted to or prohibited from doing when they apprehend and detain persons engaged in armed hostilities?