ECH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: First Geneva Convention, Protocol I, Geneva Conventions
2 Dec 2018
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Goals of the geneva conventions: protect ppl who don"t take part in the fighting and the ppl who can"t fight anymore. War: fourth convention, relative to the protection of civilian. Persons in time of war: geneva convention does not use the word war crime . The way we understand war crimes are when there"s breaches in the geneva convention. Limitations of the geneva conventions: two types of conflicts, international armed conflicts (iac, opposing 2 or more states. Definition of a conflict in the geneva conventions: niac conflicts are protracted armed confrontations occurring. Definition of niac conflict additional protocol ii (1977: first, hostilities must reach a minimum level of intensity, when the government is obliged to use military force against the insurgents, instead of police forces. 2: second, non-governmental groups involved must be considered as. Parties to the conflict , meaning they possess organized armed forces.
