noun
belligerent community; armed resistance group
Legal term used in international humanitarian law to refer to organized armed groups that are party to a conflict, distinct from regular state armed forces.
国際人道法では、交戦団体にも一定の義務が課される。
Under international humanitarian law, certain obligations are also imposed on belligerent communities.
交戦国 refers to a belligerent state, while 交戦団体 refers to a non-state armed group recognized as a party to the conflict.
Compound of 交戦 (kōsen, 'hostilities') and 団体 (dantai, 'group, organization'). The term is a direct translation of the legal concept 'belligerent community'.