It is made clear by international humanitarian law what an international military war is. According to the 1949 Geneva Conventions, popular Article 2 states that all cases of declared war or of any military dispute which may occur between two or more high contracting parties, even though the state of war is not recognized, shall also be protected by the Convention in all cases of partial or absolute occupation of the territories of the high contracting party, even if such occupation does not include any armed occupation.’ This means that the occurrence of a foreign military war is evident, i.e. it will be a conflict between two independent states’ legitimate armed forces.

A recent development known as an internationalized military war’ is the second armed conflict acknowledged under institutional humanitarian law. When a war happens between two different forces competing domestically but sponsored by two different governments, the condition of an internationalized military conflict may emerge . 

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