HUMAN 1A Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Asymmetric Warfare, Command Responsibility, Counter-Insurgency
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Just war theory: right conduct in war a. i. The war convention: chivalry (traditional warrior code of honor, formal act of surrender, the victorious troops would be protected. The war would cease and they would be immune from the violence: lieber code, 1863 c. i. Treatment of prisoners of war (the following are not prisoners of war: deserters, spies, hostages, partisans) c. ii. 1. Needed to be housed, treated for wounds, taken care of c. iii. Rules for martial law in occupied territories: henri dunant (1828-1910) d. i. Established the international red cross (crescent), 1863 d. iii. Helped preside over geneva convention, 1864 (1906, 1929, 1949) d. iv. First nobel peace prize, 1901: contemporary legal framework e. i. For the amelioration of the condition of the wounded, sick, and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea e. i. 2. For the amelioration of the condition of the wounded and sick in armed forces in the field e. i. 3. e. i. 4. For the protection of civilian persons in time of war e. ii.
