In this episode, Dr. Annyssa Bellal from the Geneva Academy breaks down the international legal framework that is applicable to armed-non-state actors (ANSA) and highlights the role of semantics in shaping the global narrative on ANSAs.  #juscogens #publicinternationallaw #ihl #nsag #podcast 

Articles discussed:  From cockroaches to rosebuds: changing the international community’s perception of non-State armed groups  https://armedgroups-internationallaw.org/2020/05/21/from-cockroaches-to-rosebuds-changing-the-international-communitys-perception-of-non-state-armed-groups/
 What Are ‘Armed Non-State Actors’? A Legal and Semantic Approach https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3596144