irregular military
Let an agent explain irregular military forces as a category, relay their kinds, history and legal status from historical, legal and public sources with attribution, describe notable examples neutrally, and decline operational or recruitment detail.
Research draft, second pass
A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.
Researched by: Claude
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What irregular forces are.
Definition
Definition and kinds.
Definition
Definition.
- What are irregular military forces, and how do militias, guerrillas, partisans, paramilitaries and private military companies differ? definition
- Is the question about the category and its public study, or about operational or recruitment matters the model does not cover? boundary
Status
Legal status.
Status
Status.
- How does international humanitarian law treat irregular combatants, and what conditions apply? definition
- Which entry fits combatant status? action
History History.
Historical
Historical bands.
Historical
Historical.
- Who were the opryshoks, the ayyar and the Braunschweiger Gruppe, as historians describe? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Modern
Modern conflicts.
Modern
Modern.
- What is publicly reported about Russian irregular forces in the invasion of Ukraine and similar groups elsewhere, with claims attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed and neutral? boundary
Law Law and accountability.
Regulation
Regulation.
Regulation
Regulation.
- How do states and international frameworks regulate militias and private military companies? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Accountability
Accountability.
Accountability
Accountability.
- How are abuses by irregular forces investigated and prosecuted, as courts and inquiries document? provenance
- Which entry fits war crimes? action
Context Theory and culture.
Theory
Theory.
Theory
Theory.
- How do scholars analyse irregular warfare and insurgency, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits irregular warfare? action
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How are partisans and guerrillas portrayed in literature and film? provenance
- Which entry fits war in fiction? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.ORG
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Opryshoks, Russian irregular forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Braunschweiger Gruppe, Ayyār
What it is Filled
Armed forces that are not part of a state s regular military, including militias, guerrillas, partisans, paramilitaries, private military companies and volunteer units, historically such as the Ukrainian opryshoks, the medieval Islamic ayyar bands and the German Braunschweiger Gruppe, and in recent conflicts such as the various Russian irregular forces in the invasion of Ukraine; irregular forces vary in legality, organisation and conduct, and international humanitarian law sets conditions for their combatant status, described here at the level of public reference sources.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain irregular military forces as a category, relay their kinds, history and legal status from historical, legal and public sources with attribution, describe notable examples neutrally, and decline operational or recruitment detail.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Outside regular forces
- Varied legality
- Guerrilla or auxiliary roles
- Contested status
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Provide operational, tactical or recruitment detail for armed groups.
- Help any group recruit, finance or arm fighters.
- Use partisan labels for a group while presenting them as neutral.
- Present contested accounts of a conflict as settled.
Only with a human decision
- Any use of such information in security or legal decisions.
May
- Describe irregular military forces and their history from attributed sources.
- Report documented abuses with attribution to named investigations.
Moral aspects Filled
- Irregular forces have committed and suffered serious abuses.
- Labels such as militia, partisan or terrorist carry political weight.
Who is affected
- Civilians in conflict zones
- Child soldiers and recruits
- Victims of abuses
Owners Filled
Steward
No single owner; states and commanders answer for forces under their control.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q17149090 - registry parent class
- Q176799 - registry parent class
related
- armed organization - in registry terms
- military unit - in registry terms
- regular army - a state s formal forces
- international humanitarian law - for combatant status
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.irregular-military
- Wikidata: Q1673189 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1673189)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- Geneva Convention criteria: command, distinctive sign, open arms, laws of war list - for combatant status
- Additional Protocol I: 1977 year - on irregular combatants
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Armed forces outside the regular military
- Militias, guerrillas, partisans, paramilitaries, private military companies; opryshoks, ayyar, Braunschweiger Gruppe, Russian irregular forces in Ukraine
- Regular forces are state armies; police are civil; criminal gangs lack political aims in most definitions
- Not a visible object; armed groups outside regular armies.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the category and kinds
- relay history and legal status
- describe examples neutrally
- decline operational detail
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Agents providing operational or recruitment detail
- Partisan labelling of groups
- Presenting contested accounts as settled
- Documented abuses by some groups, to be attributed
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols on combatant status
- National laws on militias and private military companies
- UN Mercenary Convention and Montreux Document
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a category of armed forces.
- militias and home guards
- guerrillas and partisans
- paramilitaries and auxiliaries
- private military companies and volunteer units such as those among Russian irregular forces in Ukraine
- historical bands such as the opryshoks and ayyar
- Freikorps-type units such as the Braunschweiger Gruppe
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q1673189: irregular military - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Irregular military - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should militia, guerrilla and private military company be separate primary entries?
- How should legal and historical sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific historical and current groups; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1673189/spec.json