Part II The Substantive Law of Non-International Armed Conflict, 8 Protection of Civilians and Persons Hors de Combat
From: The Law of Non-International Armed Conflict
Sandesh Sivakumaran
- Subject(s):
- Armed conflict, non-international — Geneva Conventions 1949 — Murder — Torture — Rape and sexual violence — Care for the sick and wounded — Forced transfers or displacement — Prisoners of war — Child soldiers — Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment — Religion
This chapter is the first of two that explore the substantive rules that are applicable in non-international armed conflict. It focuses on the rules relating to the protection of civilians and persons hors de combat. Application of these rules to non-international armed conflict has a long and distinguished history. Rules of this sort were included in the instructions of General Dufour issued during the Swiss civil war in 1847 and are to be found in the Tratado de Regularización of 1820 concluded during the Colombian war of independence.1 It is also rules of this...
