MILITARY OBJECTIVE AND COLLATERAL DAMAGE: THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND DYNAMICS

Grisly images of dead or injured civilians vie with ‘morbidly spectacular film of PGM (precision guided munition) strikes’. These phenomena, like this article, focus attention on the two most basic law of targeting components, that of military objective and that of incidental civilian losses. The la...

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Published in:	Yearbook of international humanitarian law Vol. 7; pp. 35 - 78
Main Author:	Holland, Joseph
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.12.2004 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Civilians Deaths Decision making Geneva Conventions Humanitarianism International law Military aircraft Military engagements Military strategy Protocol Studies War International law International law rule of proportionality 1981 Conventional Weapons Convention Military objectives Collateral damage War aims
ISSN:	1389-1359, 1574-096X
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