http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/412/gertrude-c-chelimo Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:50:02 -0400 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:50:02 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1697/defining-armed-conflict-in-international-humanitarian-law By Gertrude C. Chelimo - International humanitarian law does make it clear what an international armed conflict is. According to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, common article 2 states that “all cases of declared war or of any armed conflict that may arise between two or more high contracting parties, even if the state of war is not recognized, the convention shall also apply to all cases of partial or total occupation of the territory of a high contracting party even if the said occupation meets with no armed resistance'' (Geneva Convention, 1949, common art.2). This means that the occurrence of international armed... Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:23 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1697/defining-armed-conflict-in-international-humanitarian-law