INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW AND LEGAL PROTECTION FOR LIFE AND BODY OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED CONFLICT SITUATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN BORDER PROVINCES

Abstract

International humanitarian law and legal protection for civilians' life and body during the armed conflict in the southern border provinces article was a study about the law enforcement and framework of international humanitarian law derived from the Geneva Conventions of 1949 in all four editions. The author's purpose of the study was to examine the implications of international humanitarian law and legal protection for the life and body of civilians living in arising armed conflict areas in the southern border provinces, as well as how these groups were protected by international humanitarian law, particularly in the rights to life and body. In this article, the authors explained Thailand's responsibility to protect the rights to life and body in conflict areas in the Southern Border Provinces as a party of the Geneva Conventions 1949. It also explained the way to interpret the conflict situation in the southern border provinces as an armed conflict or not by considering the criteria established by humanitarian law. Interpreting conflict areas was the key to understanding the reasons and implications of applying international humanitarian law. Therefore, the authors analyzed in provisions detail written about protecting the rights of life and body of civilians who were not engaged in armed conflict. Further, the process enforcement of the various provisions enacted to apply to conflict situations was also described in sufficient detail for learners to comprehend their enforcement in conflict situations. This analysis led to the primary objective of the article. It was to provide learners with an understanding of the instruments that can be used to protect the rights of life and body of civilians in armed conflict situations, particularly in the southern border provinces that was not limited to internal laws applying exclusively to the arising situations. It must also consider international law to which Thailand has become a party. Therefore, the best interests of the area's civilians continue to be protected.