Combatants and armed elements as refugees. The Interplay between International Humanitarian Law and International Refugee Law

Abstract

The study of the interplay between international Humanitarian Law (IHL) and the International Refugee Law (IRL) becomes a classic for the doctrine and also for the institutions involved in this problematic. Above having lost validity along the years, it is an area that keeps highly topical, not in vain, the XXVII Round Table organised by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (San Remo, Italy), in cooperation with the International Committee of The Red Cross (ICRC) dedicates again a monographic panel to this matter. In this qualified forum, the search of the necessary complementary legal system in situations of violence is described again as one of the most important challenges of the discipline.