Insights into traditional Pacific warfare ‘rules’

Abstract

The decade-long civil war in Bougainville, sporadic warfare in the Papua New Guinea Highlands, ethnic conflict in the Solomon Islands, and human rights violations during four coups and deaths in custody in the wake of a military barracks mutiny have demonstrated the need for a wider Pacific understanding of international humanitarian law (IHL).

Keywords

• armed conflict
• Bougainville war
• conflict reporting
• conflict resolution
• ethnic conflict
• ethnic minorities