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Introduction |
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1 | (5) |
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1 An Overview Of The Normative Framework Of Jus In Bello |
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II The Fundamental Rules on the Conduct of Hostilities |
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A The Rule of Distinction in Attack |
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11 | (4) |
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B The Rule of Proportionality in Attack |
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15 | (2) |
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III Principles and Rules Governing Use of Weapons |
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17 | (7) |
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A Means and Methods of Warfare |
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18 | (1) |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (1) |
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B The Choice of Means or Methods of Warfare is not Unlimited |
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20 | (1) |
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C The Use of Inherently Indiscriminate Weapons is Unlawful |
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21 | (1) |
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D The Use of Weapons Causing Superfluous Injury is Unlawful |
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22 | (2) |
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2 Defining An Armed Conflict |
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24 | (49) |
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24 | (1) |
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II International Armed Conflict |
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A The Five Types of International Armed Conflict |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (2) |
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C Other Types of International Armed Conflict |
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i The Meaning of an Armed Conflict Between States |
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ii The Level of Violence Necessary to Trigger an Armed Conflict Between States |
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iii Consent and the Need for Casus Belli? |
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iv The Importance of the Views of the Parties |
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D Foreign Military Occupation |
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43 | (2) |
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E A Proxy International Armed Conflict |
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45 | (3) |
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F Wars of National Liberation |
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48 | (1) |
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G The Geographical Scope of International Armed Conflict |
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49 | (1) |
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H The Temporal Scope of International Armed Conflict |
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50 | (1) |
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III Non-International Armed Conflict |
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51 | (20) |
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A The Importance of Common Article 3 |
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52 | (1) |
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B The Constituent Elements of Non-International Armed Conflict |
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52 | (1) |
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i The Path to a Definition |
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52 | (6) |
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58 | (3) |
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iii Intense Armed Violence |
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61 | (1) |
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iv `Organised' Armed Groups |
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62 | (4) |
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v Acts Excluded from Amounting to a Non-International Armed Conflict |
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66 | (1) |
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C The Geographical Scope of Non-International Armed Conflict |
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67 | (3) |
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D The Temporal Scope of Non-International Armed Conflict |
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70 | (1) |
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IV Armed Conflicts Co-existing over the Same Territory |
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71 | (2) |
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3 Identifying Situations Of Hostilities |
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73 | (22) |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (3) |
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A `Hostilities' and `Attacks' |
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76 | (1) |
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B `Hostilities' and `Means and Methods of Warfare' |
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76 | (1) |
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C The Meaning of `Hostilities' |
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76 | (1) |
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III Material Scope of Hostilities |
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77 | (6) |
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A Geneva Law or Hague Law? |
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77 | (4) |
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B Hague Law or Law of Law Enforcement? |
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81 | (1) |
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i Use of Force at Checkpoints |
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81 | (1) |
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ii Riots During Armed Conflict |
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82 | (1) |
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83 | (1) |
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IV Geographical Scope of Hostilities |
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83 | (5) |
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V Temporal Scope of Hostilities |
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88 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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VII Law of Law Enforcement Rules |
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89 | (6) |
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A Necessity and Proportionality |
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89 | (1) |
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i The Principle of Necessity |
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89 | (2) |
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ii The Principle of Proportionality |
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91 | (1) |
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91 | (1) |
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92 | (1) |
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i In Case of Imminent Threat of Death or Serious Injury |
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93 | (1) |
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ii To Prevent a Serious Crime Involving Grave Threat to Life |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (1) |
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4 The Rule Of Distinction In Attack: Objects |
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95 | (39) |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (11) |
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96 | (1) |
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96 | (3) |
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99 | (7) |
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106 | (1) |
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III The Application of the Rule |
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107 | (12) |
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A Direct Attacks against Civilian Objects |
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107 | (1) |
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B Indiscriminate Attacks Affecting Civilian Objects |
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108 | (4) |
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C Indiscriminate Weapons and Civilian Objects |
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112 | (1) |
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i An Excessively Inaccurate Weapon |
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113 | (4) |
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D The Requisite Level of Accuracy |
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117 | (1) |
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117 | (2) |
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IV Objects Enjoying Special Protection from Attack |
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119 | (8) |
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119 | (3) |
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122 | (3) |
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C Installations Containing Dangerous Forces |
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125 | (2) |
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V Attacks against Civilian Objects under International Criminal Law |
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127 | (7) |
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A Under 1977 Additional Protocol I |
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127 | (1) |
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B Under Customary International Law |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (2) |
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D In the Jurisprudence of the Ad Hoc International Criminal Tribunals |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (2) |
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5 The Rule Of Distinction In Attack: Persons |
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134 | (36) |
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134 | (1) |
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134 | (12) |
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135 | (1) |
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i Civilians and the Civilian Population |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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iv Direct Participation in Hostilities |
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137 | (9) |
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III The Application of the Rule |
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146 | (17) |
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A Direct Attacks against Civilians or the Civilian Population |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (1) |
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B Indiscriminate Attacks Affecting Civilians |
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150 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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ii The Dragomir Milosevic Case |
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151 | (1) |
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iii The Commission of Inquiry on Syria |
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151 | (1) |
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C Indiscriminate Weapons and Civilians |
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152 | (1) |
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152 | (3) |
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ii A Weapon with Uncontrolled Effects |
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155 | (1) |
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D Attacks against Civilians as Crimes against Humanity |
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155 | (1) |
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156 | (1) |
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ii The Dragomir Milosevic Case |
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157 | (1) |
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iii The Commission of Inquiry on Syria |
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157 | (1) |
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E The Requisite Level of Accuracy |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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iii The Dragomir Milosevic case |
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159 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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v The Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict |
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160 | (1) |
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F ICRC's `Chapter IX' Protection from Use of Lethal Force? |
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161 | (2) |
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G Loss of Protection from Attack |
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163 | (1) |
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IV Individuals Enjoying Special Protection from Attack |
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163 | (2) |
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164 | (1) |
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165 | (1) |
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V Attacks against Civilians under International Criminal Law |
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165 | (5) |
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A Under 1977 Additional Protocol I |
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165 | (1) |
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B Under Customary International Law |
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166 | (1) |
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166 | (1) |
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D In the Jurisprudence of the Ad Hoc International Criminal Tribunals |
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166 | (1) |
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i The Mandate to Prosecute Attacks against Civilians |
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166 | (1) |
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ii Attacking Civilians as Murder |
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167 | (1) |
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168 | (2) |
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6 The Rule Of Proportionality In Attack |
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170 | (27) |
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170 | (1) |
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171 | (11) |
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A The Six Elements in Judging Proportionality |
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171 | (1) |
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i The Existence of an Attack |
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171 | (1) |
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ii The Attack Must be Directed at a Lawful Military Objective |
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172 | (1) |
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iii A Low Standard of Foreseeability |
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172 | (1) |
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iv The Expected Harm Must be Civilian in Nature |
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173 | (5) |
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178 | (2) |
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180 | (2) |
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182 | (1) |
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III The Application of the Rule |
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182 | (7) |
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A Potentially Disproportionate Attacks |
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183 | (5) |
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B `Disproportionate' Weapons |
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188 | (1) |
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IV Disproportionate Attacks under International Criminal Law |
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189 | (8) |
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A Under 1977 Additional Protocol I |
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190 | (1) |
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i Disproportionate Attacks Affecting Civilians |
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190 | (1) |
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ii Disproportionate Attacks against Dangerous Installations |
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191 | (1) |
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B Under Customary International Law |
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192 | (1) |
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193 | (1) |
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D In the Jurisprudence of the Ad Hoc International Criminal Tribunals |
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194 | (1) |
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195 | (2) |
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7 The Rule Of Precautions In Attack |
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197 | (11) |
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197 | (1) |
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197 | (2) |
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199 | (5) |
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A Efforts to Verify Attack is Targeting Military Objectives |
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199 | (1) |
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B Avoiding Excessive Incidental Civilian Harm |
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200 | (1) |
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200 | (2) |
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202 | (1) |
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iii Selection of Means and Methods of Warfare |
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203 | (1) |
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IV Refraining from Deciding to Launch an Indiscriminate Attack |
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204 | (1) |
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V The Duties of the Defender |
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205 | (1) |
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VI Consequences of a Violation |
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206 | (2) |
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8 The Superfluous Injury Rule |
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208 | (16) |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (2) |
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III The Application of the Rule |
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211 | (10) |
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A The US Department of Defense Approach |
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212 | (2) |
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B The ICRC's SIrUS Project |
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214 | (1) |
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C Application of the Rule to Specific Means and Methods of Warfare |
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215 | (1) |
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216 | (2) |
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218 | (1) |
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218 | (1) |
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iv Blinding Laser Weapons |
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219 | (1) |
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219 | (1) |
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220 | (1) |
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IV Violation of the Rule under International Criminal Law |
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221 | (3) |
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A Under the Hague Conventions |
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221 | (1) |
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B Under 1977 Additional Protocol I |
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222 | (1) |
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C Under Customary International Law |
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222 | (1) |
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D Under the 1998 Statute of the International Criminal Court |
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222 | (1) |
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E In the Jurisprudence of the Ad Hoc International Criminal Tribunals |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (23) |
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224 | (2) |
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A The Particularities of Land Warfare |
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224 | (1) |
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B The Content of the Chapter |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (15) |
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226 | (1) |
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227 | (3) |
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230 | (1) |
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231 | (3) |
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234 | (1) |
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i The Nusseirat Power Plant Incident |
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235 | (3) |
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238 | (2) |
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E Improvised Explosive Devices |
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240 | (1) |
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240 | (1) |
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III Prohibited Methods of Warfare |
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241 | (6) |
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242 | (1) |
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242 | (1) |
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243 | (1) |
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D Sieges and Starvation as a Method of Warfare |
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244 | (3) |
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247 | (27) |
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247 | (3) |
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250 | (20) |
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250 | (2) |
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i Remotely Piloted Combat Aircraft |
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252 | (5) |
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ii Hague Law Rules Applicable to Combat Aircraft |
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257 | (1) |
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258 | (2) |
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C Gravity Ordnance and Precision-guided Munitions |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (1) |
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262 | (1) |
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262 | (1) |
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263 | (2) |
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265 | (1) |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (2) |
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K Directed Energy Weapons |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (4) |
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270 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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C Attacks on the Environment |
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271 | (3) |
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274 | (39) |
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274 | (3) |
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274 | (1) |
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274 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (1) |
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E The Content of the Chapter |
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277 | (1) |
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II Naval Doctrine for War at Sea |
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277 | (7) |
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A Sea-control/Sea-denial Operations |
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278 | (1) |
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B Power Projection Operations |
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278 | (1) |
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C Economic Warfare Operations |
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279 | (1) |
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D Coastal Jurisdiction Integrity Operations |
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279 | (1) |
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E The Relative Importance of the Categories of Operations |
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280 | (4) |
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III The Extant Law of Naval Warfare |
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284 | (2) |
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IV Means of Naval Warfare |
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286 | (8) |
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A Platforms and Weapon Systems |
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286 | (1) |
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287 | (1) |
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C Unmanned Maritime Systems |
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288 | (1) |
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289 | (1) |
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290 | (2) |
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292 | (1) |
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iii Tactical Nuclear Weapons |
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293 | (1) |
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294 | (4) |
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294 | (1) |
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B Internal, Territorial, and Archipelagic Waters |
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295 | (2) |
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C The EEZ and Continental Shelf |
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297 | (1) |
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297 | (1) |
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VI Methods of Naval Warfare |
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298 | (14) |
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A Sea Control and Sea Denial |
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298 | (2) |
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300 | (1) |
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301 | (1) |
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302 | (1) |
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ii Neutral Merchant Vessels |
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303 | (3) |
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D Coastal Jurisdiction Integrity |
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306 | (1) |
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307 | (1) |
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F Deception, Ruses of War, and Perfidy |
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308 | (1) |
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309 | (1) |
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H Non-international Armed Conflict |
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310 | (2) |
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312 | (1) |
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12 Armed Conflict In Space |
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313 | (8) |
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313 | (1) |
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II Treaty Law Applicable to Armed Conflict in Space |
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314 | (2) |
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A The 1967 Outer Space Treaty |
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314 | (1) |
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315 | (1) |
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III Customary Law Applicable to Armed Conflict in Space |
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316 | (2) |
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318 | (3) |
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321 | (7) |
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321 | (2) |
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323 | (4) |
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A To which Cyber Acts does Hague Law Apply? |
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323 | (2) |
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B Where are Cyber Acts Governed by Hague Law? |
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325 | (1) |
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C Cyberattacks and the Rules of Distinction and Proportionality in Attack |
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326 | (1) |
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327 | (1) |
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14 Terrorism And The Law Of Armed Conflict |
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328 | (7) |
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328 | (1) |
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328 | (2) |
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III The War Crime of Terror |
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330 | (2) |
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331 | (1) |
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332 | (1) |
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IV The Definition of Terrorism under International Law |
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332 | (3) |
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15 Promoting Respect For Hague Law |
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335 | (26) |
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335 | (1) |
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II The Role of the Commander |
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335 | (2) |
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337 | (7) |
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A The Meaning of Reprisals |
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337 | (1) |
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i A Response to a Prior Violation of the Law of Armed Conflict |
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338 | (1) |
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ii A Response Only to Serious Violations of the Law of Armed Conflict |
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338 | (1) |
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iii The Reprisal Must be Necessary |
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339 | (1) |
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iv The Reprisal Must Seek to Restore Compliance with the Law of Armed Conflict |
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339 | (1) |
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v Acts of Reprisal Must be a Proportionate Response |
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339 | (1) |
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vi Reprisals Must Not be Committed against Prohibited Targets |
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340 | (2) |
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B Reprisals in the Conduct of Hostilities in International Armed Conflict |
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342 | (1) |
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C Reprisals in the Conduct of Hostilities in Non-International Armed Conflict |
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343 | (1) |
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IV The Responsibility of States |
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344 | (7) |
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A The Duty to Investigate and Prosecute War Crimes |
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344 | (1) |
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B State Responsibility for Other Serious Violations of Hague Law |
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345 | (5) |
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C Arms Transfers and Serious Violations of Hague Law |
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350 | (1) |
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V Individual Criminal Responsibility |
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351 | (9) |
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351 | (1) |
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351 | (1) |
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352 | (1) |
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iii Complicity in War Crimes |
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353 | (3) |
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B Crimes against Humanity |
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356 | (2) |
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358 | (2) |
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360 | (1) |
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