HIST 263 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hague Conventions Of 1899 And 1907, Nuclear Proliferation, Major Crimes
8 Apr 2018
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Aim: to identify which persons are combatants, non-combatants and unlawful combatants. Using identification to identify who is what combatants. If there is doubt, pw has to be assumed until it can be determined. The rules regarding the three different combatants, what laws apply to them, if they can become pws or not. Giving detailed notes on who exactly is an combatant, such as armed forces, militia and volunteers, inhabitants of non-occupied territory (levee en masse) Aim: what"s a target, what they wish to target, what they don"t, accountability to commanders. Ensure respect for protection of the civilian population and civilian objects. Basic rule military ops shall be directs only against legitimate targets. Targeting a huge thing, aim at a target, turns out you bomb potentially innocent people, you can be charged, go to jail, court martialed. Attack (act of violence), civilian (any person who is not a combatant, Aim: lawful and unlawful tactics for the conduct of hostilities.
