The article analyses under the lens of ius in bello the US raid at the Syrian airbase in Shayrat and military operations carried out against organised armed groups located in Syria and Iraq by States participating at the international coalition Inherent Resolve. In particular it focuses on the complex qualification of armed conflicts in the area, particularly in light of the possibility to identify a paral-lel international armed conflict between Syria and coalition States involved in attacks against orga-nized armed groups based in its territory, in line with the recent position endorsed by the 2016 ICRC Commentary to the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Subsequently it scrutinizes the application of the principle of distinction in relation to attacks against individuals and objects. In light of relevant practice it focuses on interpretative challenges related to the targeting of individuals due to the en-dorsement of legal standards departing from the ICRC Interpretative Guidance on direct participa-tion in hostilities, as well as on the lawfulness of attacks against economic targets which have repre-sented a major shift in legal paradigms in comparison to previous State and scholar positions.

Bartolini, G. (2017). Gli attacchi aerei in Siria, l’operazione Inherent Resolve e la complessa applicazione del diritto internazionale umanitario. DIRITTI UMANI E DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE, 11(2), 387-418.

Gli attacchi aerei in Siria, l’operazione Inherent Resolve e la complessa applicazione del diritto internazionale umanitario

BARTOLINI, Giulio
2017-01-01

Abstract

The article analyses under the lens of ius in bello the US raid at the Syrian airbase in Shayrat and military operations carried out against organised armed groups located in Syria and Iraq by States participating at the international coalition Inherent Resolve. In particular it focuses on the complex qualification of armed conflicts in the area, particularly in light of the possibility to identify a paral-lel international armed conflict between Syria and coalition States involved in attacks against orga-nized armed groups based in its territory, in line with the recent position endorsed by the 2016 ICRC Commentary to the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Subsequently it scrutinizes the application of the principle of distinction in relation to attacks against individuals and objects. In light of relevant practice it focuses on interpretative challenges related to the targeting of individuals due to the en-dorsement of legal standards departing from the ICRC Interpretative Guidance on direct participa-tion in hostilities, as well as on the lawfulness of attacks against economic targets which have repre-sented a major shift in legal paradigms in comparison to previous State and scholar positions.
2017
Bartolini, G. (2017). Gli attacchi aerei in Siria, l’operazione Inherent Resolve e la complessa applicazione del diritto internazionale umanitario. DIRITTI UMANI E DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE, 11(2), 387-418.
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