Whilst officials outside the capital and the Human Rights Ombudsman acknowledge the existence of an internal armed conflict as evident, officials of the capital argue that there is no armed conflict according to international humanitarian law, for example Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II).
Whilst officials outside the capital and the Human Rights Ombudsman acknowledge the existence of an internal armed conflict as evident, officials of the capital argue that there is no armed conflict according to international humanitarian law, for example Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II).