International Law and Armed Conflict

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This seminar will cover various issues, debates, and concepts in how international law and diplomatic practice regulate armed conflict among states. Specifically, we will examine the various aspects concerning the rules and institutions regulating the use of force, international aggression, military intervention, humanitarian protection, arms control, genocide, and torture. We will also explore how such rules and institutions provide for the protection civilians how they define what constitutes a combatant.