Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword by ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger
- Foreword by Judge Abdul G. Koroma
- Foreword by Yves Sandoz
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- List of abbreviations
- Part I The Principle of Distinction
- Part II Specifically Protected Persons and Objects
- Part III Specific Methods of Warfare
- Part IV Weapons
- Chapter 20 General Principles on the Use of Weapons (Rules 70–71)
- Chapter 21 Poison (Rule 72)
- Chapter 22 Nuclear Weapons
- Chapter 23 Biological Weapons (Rule 73)
- Chapter 24 Chemical Weapons (Rules 74–76)
- Chapter 25 Expanding Bullets (Rule 77)
- Chapter 26 Exploding Bullets (Rule 78)
- Chapter 27 Weapons Primarily Injuring by Non-detectable Fragments (Rule 79)
- Chapter 28 Booby-traps (Rule 80)
- Chapter 29 Landmines (Rules 81–83)
- Chapter 30 Incendiary Weapons (Rules 84–85)
- Chapter 31 Blinding Laser Weapons (Rule 86)
- Part V Treatment of Civilians and Persons Hors De Combat
- Part VI Implementation
Chapter 28 - Booby-traps (Rule 80)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword by ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger
- Foreword by Judge Abdul G. Koroma
- Foreword by Yves Sandoz
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- List of abbreviations
- Part I The Principle of Distinction
- Part II Specifically Protected Persons and Objects
- Part III Specific Methods of Warfare
- Part IV Weapons
- Chapter 20 General Principles on the Use of Weapons (Rules 70–71)
- Chapter 21 Poison (Rule 72)
- Chapter 22 Nuclear Weapons
- Chapter 23 Biological Weapons (Rule 73)
- Chapter 24 Chemical Weapons (Rules 74–76)
- Chapter 25 Expanding Bullets (Rule 77)
- Chapter 26 Exploding Bullets (Rule 78)
- Chapter 27 Weapons Primarily Injuring by Non-detectable Fragments (Rule 79)
- Chapter 28 Booby-traps (Rule 80)
- Chapter 29 Landmines (Rules 81–83)
- Chapter 30 Incendiary Weapons (Rules 84–85)
- Chapter 31 Blinding Laser Weapons (Rule 86)
- Part V Treatment of Civilians and Persons Hors De Combat
- Part VI Implementation
Summary
Rule 80. The use of booby-traps which are in any way attached to or associated with objects or persons entitled to special protection under international humanitarian law or with objects that are likely to attract civilians is prohibited.
Practice
Volume II, Chapter 28.
Summary
State practice establishes this rule as a norm of customary international law applicable in both international and non-international armed conflicts.
International armed conflicts
Both treaty practice and other State practice support the premise that booby-traps are prohibited if, by their nature or employment, their use violates the legal protection accorded to a protected person or object by another customary rule of international humanitarian law. This is the reasoning behind the list of booby-traps prohibited in Protocol II and Amended Protocol II to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.
The list of booby-traps prohibited by Protocol II and Amended Protocol II to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons is found in the military manuals and legislation of some States party to these treaties. Other military manuals are more general in their description and stress that booby-traps associated with objects in normal civilian daily use are prohibited, and that booby-traps must not be used in association with protected persons, protected objects (such as medical supplies, gravesites and cultural or religious property) or internationally recognised protective emblems or signs (such as the red cross and red crescent).
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- Customary International Humanitarian Law , pp. 278 - 279Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005