1. A Human Rights-Oriented Approach to Military Operations
- Author:
- Federico Sperotto
- Publication Date:
- 10-2009
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Human Rights Human Welfare (University of Denver)
- Abstract:
- Counterinsurgency is the dominant aspect of US operations in Afghanistan, and since ISAF—the NATO-led security and assistance force—has assumed growing security responsibility throughout the country, it is also a mission for the Europeans. The frame in which military operations are conducted is irregular warfare, a form of conflict which differs from conventional operations in two main aspects. First, it is warfare among and within the people. Second, it is warfare in which insurgents avoid a direct military confrontation, using instead unconventional methods and terrorist tactics.
- Topic:
- Human Rights, Human Welfare, War, and Counterinsurgency
- Political Geography:
- Afghanistan and Asia