LOAC and Code of Conduct Flashcards

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What is the Law of Armed Conflict?

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The law governing the conduct when engaged in armed conflict?

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Jus ad bellum

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Initiating armed conflict

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Jus in bello

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Engaging in armed conflict

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4
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Sources of LOAC

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Hague Conventions on the Laws and Customs of War on Land; Geneva Conventions; Chemical Weapons Convention

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5
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Geneva Conventions protecting persons

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Sick and wounded in the field; shipwrecked; prisoners of war; civilians

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Hague Convention forbidden means of injuring the enemy

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  1. Employ poisonous weapons 2. Kill or wound an enemy who has surrendered 3. Employ arms, projectiles, or materials to cause unnecessary suffering 4. To make improper use of distinctive symbols 5. To compel service members to fight against their own country
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7
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LOAC Four Basic Principles

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  1. Military necessity 2. Prohibit unnecessary suffering 3. Proportionality 4. Discrimination
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8
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What is military necessity?

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Necessary force and target to complete a legitimate objective

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What does it mean to prohibit unnecessary suffering?

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Minimize injury, destruction of property, and collateral damage

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What is proportionality?

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Force cannot be excessive to the achieved military objective

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11
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What is discrimination?

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Separate combatants form noncombatant

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What are the three types of individuals in an operational environment?

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Combatants, Noncombatants, and Civilians

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13
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Unlawful Targets

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Protected property and Noncombatants

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Types of Protected Property

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Civilian property, cultural property, medical property

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Types on noncombatants

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Chaplains, civilians, journalists, medical personnel, parachutists, prisoners of war, wounded and sick

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16
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Protected Medical Transports and Facilities

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Ambulances, hospitals, hospital ships, MEDEVAC helicopters, medical aircraft

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Perfidy and Treachery

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Injuring an enemy as a result of their adherence to LOAC

18
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Violations of the Hague Convention

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Misuse cultural property; misuse enemy uniforms, flags, national emblems or insignia; misuse Flag of Truce; misuse of the Red Cross; pretending to be a civilian, pretending to surrender, pretending to be a UN Peacekeeper, pretending to be wounded

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Prisoner of War Rights

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Receive food, shelter, adequate clothing to stay in good health, medical care; send and receive mail; keep personal property, retain military ID card; provide copy of Geneva Conventions in their native language; right to complain to camp commander about camp conditions; practice their religion; due process if tried for any offenses

20
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Prisoner of War Obligations

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Inform captors of their name, rank, service number, and DOB; obey all lawful rules; perform labor consistent with one’s rank, but should not support the war effort