Law of War Handbook 2005
their nationality, before it own courts. High Contracting Parties may also hand such persons over for trial to another High Cont ...
of the "gap" in the protection afforded to civilians by the codified law of war which Protocol I sought to fill. b. This rule ex ...
a. Art. 54 - Rules intended to protect objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, such as: (1)Prohibitin ...
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Means and Methods of Warfare REFERENCES Hague Convention No. IV, 18 October 1907, Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Lan ...
Dep't of Defense Interim Guidance for Defense Acquisition (30 Oct 2002). I. BACKGROUND A. "Means and methods" is the term comm ...
b. The action must not be f~rbidden by the law of war. Are there any exceptions to these elements? In other words, can the mili ...
nature, location, purpose or use make an effective contribution to military action and whose total or partial destruction, captu ...
Incidental loss of life or injury and collateral damage. This is considered unavoidable damage to civilian personnel and proper ...
commander made a reasonable assessment that the target was a military objective and that incidental damage would not outweigh th ...
a. Nature is defined in the Commentary as "all objects used directly by the armed forces," such as weapons, tanks, transports, ...
(a) Under responsible command, (b)Distinctive sign recognizable at a distance, (c) Carry arms openly, and (d)Abide by the laws o ...
(3)GP I, article 5 l(3) states that civilians enjoy protection from targeting "unless and for such time as they take a direct pa ...
attacked; however, accidental killing or wounding of such personnel due to their proximity to military objectives "gwes no just ...
Defended Places. FM 27-10, paras. 39 & 40, change I. As a general rule, any place the enemy chooses to defend makes it ...
1 i i protected." The U.S. asserts the special protection regime does not reflect customary international law. D. Property Prot ...
to gain protection. GP I, art. 27. See more developed discussion in the outline on the Geneva Convention on the Wounded and Sick ...
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