Questions tagged [geneva-convention]
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Do armed residents engaging in self-defense count as civilians during armed conflict?
Resident T does not hold any official position in an armed group
An Army or a militia from a foreign country not recognized by T's country, enters T's neighborhood.
T attempts to defend his neighborhood and is subsequently killed.
Was T a civilian…
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Does the Geneva Convention apply to the party denying that the war is going on?
Suppose a country R invades another country U without declaring war and insists that the invasion is not a war, but a "special operation", aimed at liberating U's citizens from U's government, or some BS like that. U's position, on the other hand,…
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What's counts as "taking active part in the hostilities" under the Geneva Convention?
The Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War states that
Persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members of armed forces who have laid down their arms and those placed hors de combat by…
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name rank and serial... against the police?
People who have been in the military will know that if they are interned as combatants and questioned, all they have to answer is their name, rank, and serial number. So for example, if Private Paula is taken captive with his unit of Marines, he…
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Does the Israeli military have a legal right to shoot at anyone within the Gaza Strip that they suspect of being a member of Hamas?
In regard to the ground incursion of the Gaza Strip by the Israeli military, I would like to know if it is stated somewhere in either international law, or in Israel law, or in the Geneva Convention, that members of the Israeli military, especially…
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Where is the line between defending a city and using human shields?
The Geneva Convention prohibits the use of human sheilds. From the Red Cross:
The prohibition of using human shields in the Geneva Conventions, Additional Protocol I and the Statute of the International Criminal Court are couched in terms of using…
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Is capital punishment for prisoners of war legal?
The Third Geneva Convention guarantees several human rights to prisoners of war. Suppose Country A captures prisoners of war, puts them to trial for a specific offense, gives them a good defense lawyer, and, if they are found guilty, executes them.…
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Is a civilian protected by law of war if they may provide a vital information to their military and cannot be detained?
The general rule is that civilians are protected persons in military conflicts. But civilian casualties can be excused if associated with military necessity.
I can easily imagine a situation, in which a civilian is an accidental witness of a covert…
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What are the boundaries of warfare in regards to targeting persons in command?
None of the targeted strikes against Russian commanders on the ground in Ukraine was decried as a war crime, so i guess targeting military people near the front that 'only' give orders instead of pushing any triggers themselves is fine in the rules…
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When unmanned objects, such as satellites, are used for military purposes, do they become valid military targets according to international law?
In the current conflict in Ukraine there has been some speculation that Russia may try to knock out or disable satellites used in support of the Ukrainian army.
Notably, large civilian constellations providing secure communications such as the…
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I have an International Driving Permit (1949 convention) issued on July 1 2022: is it valid until June 30, 2023 end of day or July 1, 2023 end of day?
Also, end of day in which time zone? Country of issuance or country where one is currently located?
I read the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic but didn't see the answer.
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Do violations of the rules of war by one side justify the other?
I recall reading, that Geneva conventions -- or some other international agreements regarding the rules of war -- had explicit text somewhere stating, that violations by one side do not allow the other side(s) to violate them (except for specific…
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Could a country hand its Prisoners of War to another country to avoid having to guard them?
Assume Ruritania and Evilstan are at war. Due to circumstances, the Ruritanian 1st Chasseurs take a substantial amount of the Evilstanian 101st Armor Rifle Battalion as prisoners of war (PoW). Even as Ruritanian troops are stretched thin, the PoWs…
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