'Not dead but sleeping': Expanding international law to better regulate the diverse effects of ceasefire agreements

Ceasefire agreements are legally governed by international humanitarian law because they have generally been considered in relation to how they affect levels of violence. However, new research in the fields of anthropology, security, and development studies suggests that ceasefires can have many more ramifications. These range from their ability to influence governance institutions, property and citizenship rights, economic networks, and security mechanisms. Consequently, this article suggests that a broader legal framework is needed through which to consider ceasefires and their consequences. While canvassing the option of ceasefires being types of contractual documents or as special agreements under Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions, the article concludes that the best way to regulate ceasefire agreements is through an expanded version of lex pacificatoria. Rather than being governed by hard international law, such a move would allow for the implementation of more flexible programmatic standards to influence the myriad ways ceasefires are negotiated, the conduct of belligerents, and their diverse effects on the ground during wartime

The Nature and Scope of the Armistice Agreement

This was first published in 50 American Journal of International Law 880 (1956

Non-state armed groups and the Yemen war

The aim of this study is to examine the presence of non-state armed groups during internal and international armed conflicts. The focus of this thesis is to find a definition of non-state armed groups and apply it to the Houthis as part of the Yemeni conflict in order to understand the role that these groups can achieve in a real conflict. We chose to study the case of Yemen because it involves both state and non-state actors, making its analysis complex. Initially, which was an internal conflict, but it has become international in nature. Throughout this thesis, we will conduct a structural analysis of the conflict in order to understand the role of each of the parties involved and the eventual outcome of the conflict.Este estudo visa examinar a presença de grupos armados não estaduais durante conflitos armados internos e internacionais. O foco desta tese é encontrar uma definição destes grupos e aplicá-la aos Houthis como parte do conflito iemenita, a fim de compreender o papel que estes grupos podem alcançar num conflito real. Escolhemos estudar o caso do Iémen porque se trata de um conflito que envolve tanto atores estaduais como não estaduais, o que torna a sua análise complexa, uma vez que um conflito que inicialmente seria interno se torna internacional. Ao longo desta tese, faremos uma análise estrutural do conflito de modo a compreender o papel de cada uma das partes envolvidas e o seu destino