Moderator Gabor Rona, International Legal Director of Human Rights First. Objective was one of the issues most salient issues in the debate according to Latter, the intensity of violence is rather fragmented and potentially leading Same level of organizational structure of an armed group. Law are more appropriate frameworks for addressing drug-related violence because drug cartels lack a political objective and they don’t have the He added that International Human Rights Law and national criminal The turfs while drug kingpins would be protected by immunity. University of Essex,argued differentiation would be counterproductiveīecause the military would be targeting poor and teenage criminals protecting Release judges the armed forces get impatient.’ Thus, distinguishing combatantsįrom drug dealers civilians is essential. Human rights ideals: armed forces get impatient. Ssasoli argued that this ‘isĪ phenomena that happens when you deny an armed conflict and set up unrealistic Ssasoli said that denying the existence of an armed conflict based on the The 14,000 reported deaths and the 1.6 million internally displaced civilians, Considering the intensity of violence, such as University of Geneva, argued that drug violence in Mexico fits the criteria ofĪ protracted non-international armed conflict. Marco Prof Marco Ssassoli, academic at the Well as on the State-actors? Despite there being drug-related violence in otherĬountries, the panelists focused on the case of Mexico in order to isolate itįrom other types of armed conflict, for example conflicts motivated by ethnic If considered a non-international armed conflict, who would be considered asĪrmed parties in the conflict and what would be the responsibilities on them as Is the ‘war on drugs’ in Mexico rhetorical? University of Essex, the Human Rights Institute and Rightslink at Columbia Law This event was organised jointly by the International Centre on Summary The Panel Video Further Questions Further Readingĭebate organized by the ICHRDP cases like Mexico’s drug-related violence poseĬhallenges and new questions to the applicability of the International Law ofĪrmed Conflict.
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