Rules to limit suffering in war


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Contents

Introduction

Protection of the civilian population

Protection of civilian objects

Distinction between civilians and combatants

Medical personnel

Objects indispensable to the survival

Indiscriminate attacks

Starvation

Protection and care

Missing persons

Reunion of dispersed families

Protection of women

Protection of children

Child soldiers

Natural environment

Dissemination

Humanitarian organizations

31-05-2007 Photo Collection

Rules to limit suffering in war

Series of photos illustrating rules laid down by the 1977 protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions, which aim to limit the suffering of people affected by armed conflict.

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Protection of the civilian population– " The civilian population as such, as well as individual civilians, shall not be the object of attack. Acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.." PI Art 51, PII Art 13

Introduction

Protection of civilian objects

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