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- Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law
- Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Editors’ Note
- 1 Introduction: Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law
- Part I Interviews
- Part II Development of International Humanitarian Law
- Part III Practice and Application of International Humanitarian Law
- 13 Pacific Island States and International Humanitarian Law
- 14 Challenges of Hybrid Warfare to the Implementation of International Humanitarian Law in the Asia-Pacific
- 15 Counter-Terrorism Law and Armed Conflict in Asia
- 16 Detention in Non-International Armed Conflicts
- 17 The Chemical Weapons Convention in the Asia-Pacific Region
- 18 Wartime Military Sexual Enslavement in the Asia-Pacific
- 19 Protection of Education in Armed Conflict Situations: Asia-Pacific in Focus
- 20 Cyberspace and International Humanitarian Law: The Chinese Approach
- 21 Ethnic Conflicts in Myanmar: The Application of the Law of Non-International Armed Conflict
- 22 The Korean War (1950–1953) and the Treatment of Prisoners of War
- 23 Jihad and International Humanitarian Law: Three Moro Rebel Groups in the Philippines
- 24 International Humanitarian Law in Occupied East Timor: Displacement, Relocation and Famine
- 25 Reinterpreting the Law to Justify the Facts: An Analysis of International Humanitarian Law Interpretation in Sri Lanka
- 26 Japan and Nuclear Weapons
- 27 The Post-War History of Japan: Renouncing War and Adopting International Humanitarian Law
- Part IV Implementation and Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law
- Part V Looking to the Future and Enhancing Compliance with International Humanitarian Law
- Glossary of Publications
- Alphabetical Glossary of Cases and Decisions
- Chronological Glossary of Cases and Decisions
- Treaties and Other International Instruments, Resolutions and National Documents with an International Dimension
- Chronological Glossary of National Legislation and Secondary Instruments
- Peace Agreements and Communiques
- Abbreviations and Translations
- Index
14 - Challenges of Hybrid Warfare to the Implementation of International Humanitarian Law in the Asia-Pacific
from Part III - Practice and Application of International Humanitarian Law
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 October 2019
- Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law
- Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Editors’ Note
- 1 Introduction: Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law
- Part I Interviews
- Part II Development of International Humanitarian Law
- Part III Practice and Application of International Humanitarian Law
- 13 Pacific Island States and International Humanitarian Law
- 14 Challenges of Hybrid Warfare to the Implementation of International Humanitarian Law in the Asia-Pacific
- 15 Counter-Terrorism Law and Armed Conflict in Asia
- 16 Detention in Non-International Armed Conflicts
- 17 The Chemical Weapons Convention in the Asia-Pacific Region
- 18 Wartime Military Sexual Enslavement in the Asia-Pacific
- 19 Protection of Education in Armed Conflict Situations: Asia-Pacific in Focus
- 20 Cyberspace and International Humanitarian Law: The Chinese Approach
- 21 Ethnic Conflicts in Myanmar: The Application of the Law of Non-International Armed Conflict
- 22 The Korean War (1950–1953) and the Treatment of Prisoners of War
- 23 Jihad and International Humanitarian Law: Three Moro Rebel Groups in the Philippines
- 24 International Humanitarian Law in Occupied East Timor: Displacement, Relocation and Famine
- 25 Reinterpreting the Law to Justify the Facts: An Analysis of International Humanitarian Law Interpretation in Sri Lanka
- 26 Japan and Nuclear Weapons
- 27 The Post-War History of Japan: Renouncing War and Adopting International Humanitarian Law
- Part IV Implementation and Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law
- Part V Looking to the Future and Enhancing Compliance with International Humanitarian Law
- Glossary of Publications
- Alphabetical Glossary of Cases and Decisions
- Chronological Glossary of Cases and Decisions
- Treaties and Other International Instruments, Resolutions and National Documents with an International Dimension
- Chronological Glossary of National Legislation and Secondary Instruments
- Peace Agreements and Communiques
- Abbreviations and Translations
- Index
Summary
The increased ability of non-state actors to engage in hostilities, with the assistance of various technologically developed means of warfare readily available to them, is changing the dynamics of modern warfare. While coordinating their operations through a web of de-centralized networks, non-state actors may emulate conventional armed forces in terms of the scale and effects of violence or complement a State’s political and military apparatus in pursuing shared political or military objectives. Such combination of traditional means of warfare and de-centralized operations, described as ‘hybrid warfare’, allows hostile actors to exploit legal uncertainties within the existing structure of international law, in order to gain a political or military advantage against their opponents. Threats of hybrid warfare are not alien to the Asia-Pacific, with the philosophical foundation of the concept found in Chinese military doctrines such as ‘people’s war’ and ‘unrestricted warfare’.
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- Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law , pp. 220 - 230Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019