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- Human and Non-Human Targets in Armed Conflicts
- Human and Non-Human Targets in Armed Conflicts
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Sources, Scope, and Application of the Law on Legitimate Targets in Armed Conflicts
- 2 Human Targets
- 3 Non-Human Targets
- 4 Problems in Lawful Target Elimination
- 5 Individual Criminal Responsibility for Violations of the Law of Targeting
- Final Remarks: Towards a Unified Approach to Target Selection
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Human Targets
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 March 2022
- Human and Non-Human Targets in Armed Conflicts
- Human and Non-Human Targets in Armed Conflicts
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Sources, Scope, and Application of the Law on Legitimate Targets in Armed Conflicts
- 2 Human Targets
- 3 Non-Human Targets
- 4 Problems in Lawful Target Elimination
- 5 Individual Criminal Responsibility for Violations of the Law of Targeting
- Final Remarks: Towards a Unified Approach to Target Selection
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter focuses on human targets. It foregoes the traditional division into civilians and combatants in order to address lawful targets in bothinternational and non-international armed conflict, and the notion of 'combatant' has no application to the latter category. For maximum clarity as to who can be lawfully attacked in armed conflict, itdiscusses – separately with regard to international and non-international armed conflict – the situation of several categories of persons such as members of the armed forces, members of the police, members of non-state armed groups, civilians, and peace operations personnel.
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- Human and Non-Human Targets in Armed Conflicts , pp. 47 - 113Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022