
In this essay, I will look at the extent to which the application of humanitarian law can be facilitated by the international armed conflict and the non-international armed conflict as provided in treaty law and jurisprudence. A non-international armed conflict refers to a conflict between the non-governmental armed groups and non-governmental forces or between groups only (Sassoli and Olson, 2008). It is an armed conflict opposing two or more states.

International armed conflict is an armed conflict between two or more states. There are two types of armed conflicts distinguished by international humanitarian law: non-international armed conflict and the international armed conflict. It is also known as the law of armed conflict or the law of war. International humanitarian law is defined as a set of rules seeking humanitarian reasons to decrease armed conflict (Solis, 2016).
