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Human Rights and Armed Conflicts
modern hu471 Human Rights and Armed Conflict manitarian law
Additional Protocols (1977)
four Geneva Conventions (1949)
The following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever, whether committed by civilian or military agents:
Violence to the life, health or physical or mental well-being of persons, in particular:
torture of all kinds, whether physical or mental,
corporal punishment
murder
mutilation
Outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment, enforced prostitution and any form of indecent assault
The taking of hostages
Collective punishments
Threats to commit any of the foregoing acts.
Article 4 Third Geneva Convention
protected combatants include military personnel, guerrilla fighters and certain civilians
Entitled prisoner
combatant must conduct operations according to the laws and customs of war
be part of a chain of command
wear a uniform
bear arms openly
Article 4: protected persons
Persons who do not have the status of wounded or sick member of armed forces
in case of a conflict or occupation
hands of a Party to the conflict
Occupying Power of which they are not nationals.
Article 5: Right of protected person when commited hostile acts
shall not be entitled to claim such rights and privileges under the Convention
In occupied territory, a protected person detained as a spy, saboteur, or under suspicion of hostile activity may forfeit communication rights if military security requires.