Who's Protected?
These people protected under IHL are called POWs. This stands for....
What is a prisoner of war?
What is International Humanitarian Law?
Military Distinction, Prohibition of Unnecessary Suffering, Proportionality, Necessity are this to the IHL.
What are the four principles?
This location protected under IHL is where you go when you are sick and need care.
What is are medical facilities?
(hopsital, doctor's office acceptable)
This class of people protected under IHL are not involved in the combat.
What are civilians?
IHL governs these type of activies.
What is armed conflict?
This principle of IHL justifies these military measures which are not already forbidden by international law which are necessary to secure the complete submission of the enemy as soon as possible.
What is military necessity?
This place protected by IHL is where you might go for spirtual events or services.
What is a religious facility? (any denomination of religious facility allowed)
This class of people protected under IHL specialize in medicine and help those who are sick or wounded.
What are medical personnel (military or civilian)?
This is a set of rules that seeks, for humanitarian reasons, to limit the effects of armed conflict.
What is international humanitarian law (IHL)?
This principle of IHL requires that all parties to the conflict must distinguish between civilians and combatants as well as civilian objects and military objectives.
What is cistinction?
This place, protected under IHL, includes places of significance to certain people or groups, such as the Pyramid of Giza or Stonehenge.
What are cultural or historic sites?
This class of people protected under IHL are in combat zones to help civilians or sick who are suffering from the war at hand.
What are relief personnel?
While war is a political declaration, this is a fact-based term used to describe when States or organised groups resort to the use of armed force or protracted armed violence between such groups, States or within a State.
What is armed conflict?
This principle of IHL prevents the use of weapons, projectiles, materials and/or methods of warfare which cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering.
What is limiting unnecessary suffering?
This place, protected under IHL, includes things owned by those not fighting such as their home.
What is civilian property?
This class of individuals protected under IHL provide spiritual support to the armed forces.
What are religious personnel?
What is International Humanitarian Law (IHL)?
This principle of IHL states that attacks should not be conducted if the cause of incidental loss of civilian life, injury of civilians or damage to civilian objects would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated from said attack.
What is proportionality?
This type of place protected under IHL includes things like farms, markets, crops, livestock, drinking water installations and more.
What are places indispensable for civilian survival?