Armed conflict definition

Armed conflict means a state of war or a conflict which involves armed operations which by their nature or extent are likely to affect the application of treaties between States parties to the armed conflict or between a State party to the armed conflict and a third State, regardless of a formal declaration of war or other declaration by any or all of the parties to the armed conflict.
Armed conflict means a situation in which there is resort to armed force between States or protracted resort to armed force between governmental authorities and organized armed groups.
Armed conflict means a situation in which states or other organized parties fight against each other by way of military force. Armed conflicts shall also include any military confrontation of the United Nations' Peace Force.

Examples of Armed conflict in a sentence

  • Acts of war shall be understood to mean: Armed conflict: any situation in which states or other organised parties combat each other, or at least the one the other, with the use of military force.

  • Armed conflict shall be deemed to include the armed action by a Peacekeeping Force of the United Nations.


More Definitions of Armed conflict

Armed conflict means armed conflict as defined in the Prohibition of Mercenary Activities and Regulation of Certain Activities in Country of Armed Conflict Act;’’; 10
Armed conflict means any use of force or armed violence between States or a protracted armed violence between governmental authorities and organized armed groups or between such groups within that State: Provided, That such force or armed violence gives rise, or may give rise, to a situation to which the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, including their common Article 3, apply. Armed conflict may be international, that is, between two (2) or more States, including belligerent occupation; or non-international, that is, between governmental authorities and organized armed groups or between such groups within a state. It does not cover internal disturbances or tensions such as riots, isolated and sporadic acts of violence or other acts of a similar nature.” (Section 3 (c))
Armed conflict means the armed conflict carried out between the government and the C.P.N. (Maoist) from February 13, 1996 to November 21, 2007.
Armed conflict means a state of war or a con-
Armed conflict means situations referred to in Articles 2 and 3 common to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 for the Protection of War Victims, including any situation described in paragraph 4 of Article 1 of the Additional Protocol 1 to these Conventions;
Armed conflict means a situation in which there is resort to armed force between States or protracted resort to armed force between governmental authorities and organized armed groups or between such groups within a State;
Armed conflict means a conflict involving the use of arms and ammunitions, NBC weapons, explosives or other lethal devices;