Practice question
Dissident forces fight the State’s armed forces under responsible command and control territory sufficiently for sustained, concerted operations and implementation of Protocol II. Assume treaty applicability. Which is best?
- Territorial control is irrelevant
- The fighting can only be a riot
- The stated facts meet Article 1(1)’s organizational and territorial requirements
- The dissidents automatically become a State
- UN recognition is indispensable
Legal references
- https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/apii-1977/article-1 — Additional Protocol II, Article 1
- https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/gciii-1949/article-3 — Geneva Convention III, common Article 3
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