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Outline of legal aspects of the conflict in the Middle East

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

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The Middle East conflict is beyond any doubt an international armed conflict as defined in Article 2 common to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949.

The fact that military action has been authorized by security council resolution 678 does not affect this definition or the application of the laws of armed conflict.

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International Committee of the Red Cross
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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 31 , Issue 280 , February 1991 , pp. 28 - 30
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1991

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* This outline is only a provisional analysis of the legal aspects of the Middle East conflict and should not be considered as the official position of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

It was drawn up at the request of several national Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies at a meeting held on 21 January 1991 in Geneva.