AUC IURIDICA
AUC IURIDICA

Acta Universitatis Carolinae Iuridica (AUCI) is the main journal of the Faculty of Law of Charles University. It has been published since 1954 and is one of the traditional law journals with a theoretical focus.

As a general law journal, it publishes longer studies and shorter articles on any relevant issues in legal theory and international, European and national law. AUCI also publishes material relating to current legislative issues. AUCI is a peer-reviewed journal and accepts submissions from both Czech and international authors. Contributions by foreign authors are published in their original language – Slovak, English, German, French.

AUCI is a theoretical journal for questions of state and law. It is published by Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law, through Karolinum Press. It is published four times a year, the dates of publication can be found here.

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The AUCI journal (ISSN 0323-0619) is registered in the Czech National Bibliography (kept by the National Library of the Czech Republic) and in the Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (kept by the American Association of Law Libraries). AUCI has been assigned a periodical registration number MK E 18585.

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AUC IURIDICA, Vol 55 No 4 (2009), 109–121

Problematika aplikovateľnosti noriem medzinárodného humanitárneho práva v kontexte súčasného medzinárodného práva

[The Issue of Applicability of International Humanitarian Law in the Context of Current International Law]

Jana Ondrovičová

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/23366478.2024.40
published online: 27. 01. 2025

abstract

One of the strengths of international law is its dynamism, its capacity to develop in response to the changing realities of international life and the evolving values of the international community. Two phenomena in particular have led to astonishingly rapid developments in the substance of international law and even in the very structure of the international legal system. The first is the universal recognition that the protection of human dignity is a proper concern of international law, and the second is the accumulation and exercise of power by nonstate actors. Outline development shows particularly in those bodies of international law, such as international humanitarian law (IHL), that has as its purpose the amelioration if suffering and protection of individuals. Likewise this evolution brings the situations in which the issue of application of IHL becomes disputed. The study focuses current affairs on the field of IHL, the specific disputable character of application IHL and reflection of international law on these issues.

keywords: international humanitarian law; law of armed conflict; international criminal law; nonstate actors; peace operations; the issue of accountability

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