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![]() This means that no rules cover civilians who are neither (enemy civilians) on the territory of a belligerent nor on an occupied territory. While the third encompasses provisions common to the enemy’s own territory and occupied territories. The second contains more detailed and protective rules applying to protected civilians whose territory is occupied by the enemy, ![]() The rules on the treatment of protected civilians are subdivided into three groups: the first applies to civilians who find themselves on enemy territory, Under IHL, some of those protections are prescribed for all civilians,īut most apply only to “protected civilians”, However, even if IHL is scrupulously respected, civilians can become victims of armed conflicts, as attacks and military operations directed at military objectives are not prohibited merely because they may also affect civilians.Ĭivilians in war need to be respected by those into whose hands they have fallen, those who could, for example, arrest, ill-treat or harass them, confiscate their property, or deprive them of food or medical assistance. Increasingly, civilians make up the overwhelming majority of the victims of armed conflict,Įven though International Humanitarian Law ( IHL) stipulates that attacks should only be directed at combatants and military objectives and that civilians and civilian objects should be respected. ![]() Click on "CHAPTER BIBLIOGRAPHY" or "SPECIFIC BIBLIOGRAPHY" to see content
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