![]() The Eldian Empire acts as the central protagonist for this season. Marley’s actions against the Yeagerists hold it to the rules required by Non-international Armed Conflict (NIAC). Because Marley is a sovereign state and is engaged against Eldia its actions fall under rules governing international armed conflicts (IAC). Marley remains one of the most powerful states in the AoT universe and other foreign states are wary of angering it in fear of retaliation. It is shown to have tanks, machine guns, planes, and an extensive navy. ![]() Marley maintains a powerful army that is technologically superior to the opposing states and uses powerful titans as tools to subjugate their opponents and those on Paradis Island. Marley prevented the Eldians from expanding by continually creating titans and depositing them on the island as a form of revenge for Eldia’s actions during the Great Titan War. Due to the power imbalance, the Eldians relocated to Paradis Island to prevent further losses. Marley co-existed on the central continent with Eldia and through its continued success in the Great Titan Wars acquired more power and territory thus, it was able to overtake the Eldian Empire as the central power on the continent. The Marley Empire acts as the central antagonist throughout the season. ![]() Therefore, Marley, the Eldian Empire, and Hizuro all are states under this rubric. Under the Montevideo Convention a state exists when it has a: a) permanent population (b) defined territory (c) government and (d) capacity to enter into relations with other states. Going forward it is important to know what requirements have to be met for a party to be considered a state. This season there are four main factions that exist within AoT: the Marleyans, the Yeagerists, the Eldians, and the Hizuros. For this article, I will remain high level to talk about the groups and in follow up articles I will go deeper to analyze the different situations, individuals. However, AoT’s most recent season deblurred the lines of characters and factions which makes it easier to discuss. Before we dive into the deeper issues, we have to talk about the parties in play and the conflicts that exist and what kinds of laws apply to the different conflicts.ĪoT has a lot of characters and factions within the show that makes it hard to track. This article is the first of many that will be written about this show and for now the articles will focus on this current season. More importantly, these 16 episodes offered up many great opportunities to discuss international humanitarian law issues and how we should go about approaching them. Attack on Titan’s (“AoT”) 16 episodes covered a lot of ground and began to connect plot lines laid in prior seasons and caused some crazy shockwaves in terms of character arcs. With the first half of it now completed we are left in anticipation in how it finally wraps up. Attack on Titan: The Final Season is finally upon us.
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