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Noëlle Quénivet
Las nuevas amenazas a la seguridad que han surgido en los últimos años están poniendo seriamente en juego la importancia y la implementación del derecho internacional humanitario. Este artículo investiga el impacto de la guerra del terror en el principio de distinción en el derecho internacional humanitario. Examina, de forma específica, prácticas estatales, por ejemplo, de los Estados Unidos, que han cedido frente al surgimiento de nuevas reglas relativas al principio de distinción. Para esto, se hace un análisis de dicho principio bajo dos perspectivas: blancos concretos y captura

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Quénivet, N. (2010). The “War on Terror” and the Principle of Distinction in International Humanitarian La. ACDI - Anuario Colombiano De Derecho Internacional, 3, 155 - 186. Recuperado a partir de https://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/acdi/article/view/1735

Noëlle Quénivet, Bristo Law School, University of the West of England

Senior Lecturer at the Bristol Law School, University of the West of England (United Kingdom).

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