Valparaiso University Law Review Volume 46 Number 3 The Geneva Conventions in 21st Century Warfare: How the Conventions Should pp.803-842 Treat Civilians' Direct Participation in Hostilities The Geneva Conventions in 21st Century Warfare: How the Conventions Should Treat Civilians' Direct Participation in Hostilities Lex Lacunae: The Merging Laws of War and Human Rights in Counterinsurgency Iain D. Pedden Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/vulr Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Iain D. Pedden, Lex Lacunae: The Merging Laws of War and Human Rights in Counterinsurgency, 46 Val. U. L. Rev. 803 (2012). Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/vulr/vol46/iss3/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Valparaiso University Law School at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Valparaiso University Law Review by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at
[email protected]. Pedden: Lex Lacunae: The Merging Laws of War and Human Rights in Counter LEX LACUNAE:∗ THE MERGING LAWS OF WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN COUNTERINSURGENCY Major Iain D. Pedden, USMC† TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................804 II. THE FRICTION BETWEEN HUMANITY AND HUMANITARIAN ..................806 A. Law in War and Peace ...............................................................................807 B. Displacement or Reconciliation? ...............................................................809