Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
One of the most vexing conundrums of 21st century warfare has been not just the explosive growth in the use of human shields, but the apparent systemization of the tactic, particularly by nonstate actors. In noting the international prohibition, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) defines the practice as the “intentional co-location of military objectives and civilians or persons hors de combat with the specific intent of trying to prevent the targeting of those military objectives.”
Citation
Charles J. Dunlap Jr., No Good Options Against ISIS Barbarism? Human Shields in 21st Century Conflicts, 110 AJIL Unbound 311-316 (2016)
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Terrorism, Military policy, Military art and science
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