Abstract
Amsterdam Law Forum (ALF) is the student-run 'International Law Journal' of VU University. Every year ALF publishes a winter, spring, and summer issue. The journal consists of three sections; scientific articles, opinion articles, and commentaries. As of this year, ALF also creates a section for inaugural speeches. In addition, ALF hosts a conference in spring with a relevant legal theme, where renowned speakers are invited to share their perspectives. Overall, ALF is a topical journal that provides a platform for established scholars and young academics to share knowledge, opinions and experiences and to make contributions to the international law discourse. Staff, PhD students and master students who have written a very good thesis are invited to submit an article to ALF. What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb: we are looking forward to sharing your articles on our website!
Highlights
The keen reader will have noticed how all of the conflicts here listed are of an intra-national character and for a substantial part involve non-state actors, in the case of the ‘war on terror’ only sporadically manifesting its inter-national and state-actor nature
Is North Korea not embarking on a classical inter-national escalation of hostilities and are the prime actors in the South China Sea and Persian Gulf island grabs not a number of state officials? This increase in complexity and this diversification of armed conflict over time, as described authoritatively by Mary Kaldor, has made some question the adequacy of our current legal framework meant to deal with such situations
While recognising the value of such specialist endeavours, Amsterdam Law Forum ascribes to the values of an interdisciplinary approach
Summary
The keen reader will have noticed how all of the conflicts here listed are of an intra-national character and for a substantial part involve non-state actors, in the case of the ‘war on terror’ only sporadically manifesting its inter-national and state-actor nature. Reflection upon not just what has been, and what is to be in, for example, the all too human field of armed conflict.
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