Pose, Jorge Claudio Lema2024-07-022024-07-022023-06Pose, 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/10539/38811https://hdl.handle.net/10539/38811A 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, 2023The 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 marasen© 2023 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.Internanional humanitarian lawGangsInternational criminal lawCriminal lawUCTDSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutionsDissertationUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg