As the war between Hamas and Israel rages on, those who pay the heaviest price are as always civilians: children, women, the elderly, the sick are daily victims of airstrikes and home raids. International organizations are calling for compliance with the law of war and the defense of human rights, while accusations of violations of international law are being leveled on both sides. So what is the framework of the international laws governing war and armed conflict? “Civilians shall not be targeted…” Permissible methods and means of warfare are dictated by international humanitarian law or jus in bello, which includes the 1949 Geneva Conventions and 1977 Protocols and applies to all involved – no only for state agents that is. A central tenet of this is that citizens should never be targeted. Furthermore, it states that an attack must not be carried out if it is “expected to cause accidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians, damage […]
Source: News Beast
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