36 legal standard finds support in the provisions of the Geneva Conventions, the jurisprudence of the trials that followed the Second World War, the Tribunal’s decisions, the writings of leading publicists, and other authorities.” 110 89. The Prosecution also contends that the determination of the conditions for considering whether Article 2 of the Statute is applicable must be made in accordance with the provisions of the Geneva Conventions and the relevant principles of international humanitarian law. By contrast, in its opinion the international law of State responsibility has no bearing on the requirements on grave breaches laid down in the relevant Geneva provisions. According to the Prosecution “?igt would lead to absurd results to apply the rules relating to State responsibility to assist in determining such a question” (i.e. whether certain armed forces are sufficiently related to a High Contracting Party). 111 90. Admittedly, the legal solution to the question under discussion might be found in the body of law that is more directly relevant to the question, namely, international humanitarian law. This corpus of rules and principles may indeed contain legal criteria for determining when armed forces fighting in an armed conflict which is prima facie internal may be regarded as acting on behalf of a foreign Power even if they do not formally possess the status of its organs. These criteria may differ from the standards laid down in general international law, that is in the law of State responsibility, for evaluating acts of individuals not having the status of State officials, but which are performed on behalf of a certain State. 91. The Appeals Chamber will therefore discuss the question at issue first from the viewpoint of international humanitarian law. In particular, the Appeals Chamber will consider the conditions under which armed forces fighting against the central authorities of the same State in which they live and operate may be deemed to act on behalf of another State. In other words, the Appeals Chamber will identify the conditions under which those forces may be assimilated to organs of a State other than that on whose territory they live and operate. 109 Ibid., para. 2.30. Ibid. 111 Ibid., paras. 2.21-2.23. 110 Case No.: -94-1-A 15 July 1999