ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: The need for enhanced effectiveness of laws regulating armed conflict is substantiated by increasingly varied warfare at a global level, as well as by progressively unpredictable positioning of parties involved in armed conflict. Currently, the practice of international law, especially law relating to armed conflict and to humanitarian law, is exposed to new pressures stemming from novel forms of warfare. Under such circumstances, it is necessary to redefine and modify the principles, and rules of international law guiding armed conflict. Such adjustment or reform of international law of armed conflict becomes highly important when considering the right of peoples to self-determination. Increasingly, this facet of international law is utilized within both, minor and major conflicts, characterized by long-term nature and asymmetry within warfare. Right of peoples to self-determination is one of principal human rights. Global application of this right to all people is currently extremely problematic.
