Gang violence or the continuation of an armed conflict by other means: the application of international humanitarian and criminal law to gangs as an organized non-state armed group
Date
2023-06
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University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis is to develop the applicability of International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law to a specific organized criminal group (the maras or gangs in Central America).4 This thesis considers that this criminal actor (the maras) within the gangs presents many similar aspects to traditional non-state organized armed groups. Furthermore, the thesis will explain how the maras have instrumented a level of violence that, in practical terms, has reached the threshold of an armed conflict: in summary, International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law can be applied to the maras
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A Thesis report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Commerce (Specialising in Taxation) to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2023
Keywords
Internanional humanitarian law, Gangs, International criminal law, Criminal law, UCTD
Citation
Pose, Jorge Claudio Lema. (2023). Gang violence or the continuation of an armed conflict by other means: the application of international humanitarian and criminal law to gangs as an organized non-state armed group [PhD thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WireDSpace. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/38811