Bradley, Martha Magdalena2023-05-032023-05-032022-01Bradley, M. 2022, 'Additional Protocol II : elevating the minimum threshold of intensity?', International Review of the Red Cross, vol. 102, no. 915, pp. 1125-1152, doi : 10.1017/S1816383121000199.1816-3831 (print)1607-5889 (online)http://hdl.handle.net/2263/90549It is estimated that by mid-2020 there were more than fifty non-international armed conflicts in at least twenty-two different countries, of which at least six arguably meet the threshold requirements needed to trigger the application of Additional Protocol II to the Geneva Conventions (AP II).en© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the ICRC.Additional Protocol II to the Geneva Conventions (AP II)Non-international armed conflicts (NIACs)Threshold requirementsArmed conflictIntensitySustained military operationsProtracted armed violenceProlonged violenceDuration of violencePostprint Article10.1017/S1816383121000199