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The unlawful combatant: humanitarian law's other
The war on terror triggered a debate over the treatment of members of Al Qaeda captured by US forces. The central point of the paper is that this debate is merely the most recent iteration of a dialectic constitutive of international humanitarian law. Non-state combatants in warfare have always been...
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| description | The war on terror triggered a debate over the treatment of members of Al Qaeda captured by US forces. The central point of the paper is that this debate is merely the most recent iteration of a dialectic constitutive of international humanitarian law. Non-state combatants in warfare have always been the object of conflicting desires. The history of international humanitarian law could be seen as the history of different attempts to engage (by excluding or including) with an other, outside the combatant/civilian distinction. The Paper focuses on two contrasting approaches to engaging with this other, namely, the inclusive approach of the 1974-1977 Diplomatic Conferences in Geneva that lead to the promulgation of Additional Protocols I and II and the exclusionary experience with the war on terror. |
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| spelling | oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-2374 The unlawful combatant: humanitarian law's other Salama, Hussein The war on terror triggered a debate over the treatment of members of Al Qaeda captured by US forces. The central point of the paper is that this debate is merely the most recent iteration of a dialectic constitutive of international humanitarian law. Non-state combatants in warfare have always been the object of conflicting desires. The history of international humanitarian law could be seen as the history of different attempts to engage (by excluding or including) with an other, outside the combatant/civilian distinction. The Paper focuses on two contrasting approaches to engaging with this other, namely, the inclusive approach of the 1974-1977 Diplomatic Conferences in Geneva that lead to the promulgation of Additional Protocols I and II and the exclusionary experience with the war on terror. 2014-02-01T08:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1375 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/2374/viewcontent/THESIS__HUSSEIN_SALAMA.pdf The author retains all rights with regard to copyright. The author certifies that written permission from the owner(s) of third-party copyrighted matter included in the thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study has been obtained. The author further certifies that IRB approval has been obtained for this thesis, or that IRB approval is not necessary for this thesis. Insofar as this thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study is an educational record as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 USC 1232g), the author has granted consent to disclosure of it to anyone who requests a copy. The author has granted the American University in Cairo or its agents a non-exclusive license to archive this thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study, and to make it accessible, in whole or in part, in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain humanitarian law;war on terror;NA |
| spellingShingle | humanitarian law;war on terror;NA Salama, Hussein The unlawful combatant: humanitarian law's other |
| title | The unlawful combatant: humanitarian law's other |
| title_full | The unlawful combatant: humanitarian law's other |
| title_fullStr | The unlawful combatant: humanitarian law's other |
| title_full_unstemmed | The unlawful combatant: humanitarian law's other |
| title_short | The unlawful combatant: humanitarian law's other |
| title_sort | unlawful combatant humanitarian law s other |
| topic | humanitarian law;war on terror;NA |
| url | https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1375 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/2374/viewcontent/THESIS__HUSSEIN_SALAMA.pdf |
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