El abecé de la beligerancia y su aplicabilidad con el ELN. Génesis y desafíos inmediatos

Abstract

Belligerence is one of the most controversial notions when it comes to the internal armed conflict in Colombia. Although there is a substantial support from the international humanitarian law, there is not enough knowledge about its limits and implications. The purpose of this document is to highlight belligerence status feasibility in Colombia taking into consideration: the most recent international law advances that are essential to its comprehension and other cases of armed conflicts in which belligerence status has been important. Our main purpose is to explore belligerence avoiding the biased readings that have prevailed in Colombia in the last years, that is why we approach the subject according to four parts: belligerence’s definition and development; internationalized conflict’s concept analysis; Colombian conflict internationalization process; and finally, belligerence status feasibility regarding the National Liberation Army.