Rebecca Sutton is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at the University of Edinburgh Law School, where she teaches human rights and conflict resolution subjects at the graduate level. Rebecca has previously been a Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Law at McGill University, a Kathleen Fitzpatrick Fellow at Melbourne Law School, a SSHRC Fellow, and a Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Fellow. She holds a PhD in International Law from the London School of Economics, a JD from the University of Toronto and an MSc in Violence, Conflict and Development from SOAS. Rebecca is a licensed Barrister and Solicitor in Canada, having been called to the Ontario Bar in 2014. She spent a decade working for humanitarian and human rights organizations and she has worked or conducted research in Darfur, Sudan; South Sudan; Ghana; South Africa; Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh; Indonesia; India; Central African Republic.

• 1: Introduction 2: What is the distinction 3: Who draws the line 4: How is the line drawn 5: Where is the line drawn 6: Conclusion

the text presents an insightful, new perspective that shows the reality of distinction as an inherently flawed yet useful concept.

Rebecca Sutton is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at the University of Edinburgh Law School, where she teaches human rights and conflict resolution subjects at the graduate level. Rebecca has previously been a Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Law at McGill University, a Kathleen Fitzpatrick Fellow at Melbourne Law School, a SSHRC Fellow, and a Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Fellow. She holds a PhD in International Law from the London School of Economics, a JD from the University of Toronto and an MSc in Violence, Conflict and Development from SOAS. Rebecca is a licensed Barrister and Solicitor in Canada, having been called to the Ontario Bar in 2014. She spent a decade working for humanitarian and human rights organizations and she has worked or conducted research in Darfur, Sudan; South Sudan; Ghana; South Africa; Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh; Indonesia; India; Central African Republic.

• 1: Introduction 2: What is the distinction 3: Who draws the line 4: How is the line drawn 5: Where is the line drawn 6: Conclusion

the text presents an insightful, new perspective that shows the reality of distinction as an inherently flawed yet useful concept.

Rebecca Sutton is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at the University of Edinburgh Law School, where she teaches human rights and conflict resolution subjects at the graduate level. Rebecca has previously been a Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Law at McGill University, a Kathleen Fitzpatrick Fellow at Melbourne Law School, a SSHRC Fellow, and a Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Fellow. She holds a PhD in International Law from the London School of Economics, a JD from the University of Toronto and an MSc in Violence, Conflict and Development from SOAS. Rebecca is a licensed Barrister and Solicitor in Canada, having been called to the Ontario Bar in 2014. She spent a decade working for humanitarian and human rights organizations and she has worked or conducted research in Darfur, Sudan; South Sudan; Ghana; South Africa; Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh; Indonesia; India; Central African Republic.

• 1: Introduction 2: What is the distinction 3: Who draws the line 4: How is the line drawn 5: Where is the line drawn 6: Conclusion

the text presents an insightful, new perspective that shows the reality of distinction as an inherently flawed yet useful concept.