Lawfare in Hybrid Wars: The 21st Century Warfare
Journal: Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies
Year: 2016

In the context of ‘Hybrid Warfare’ as 21 st Century’s threat to peace and security, this paper intends to address the role of Lawfare. The use of law as a weapon, Lawfare, 1 can have a tangible impact on democratic States when their adversaries use it in an exploitative way. Lawfare can be used in the context of Hybrid War. 2 Examples of Hybrid Warfare as witnessed in the Russian/Ukrainian conflict of 2014/2015 and the ongoing conflict with Daesh are particularly sensitive to Lawfare due to an a