Continued Military Hostilities between Warring Parties Endanger ...

The continuing military hostilities in Sudan that began on 15 April between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces could ...

Noting Both Warring Parties in Sudan Bear Responsibility for ...

... hostilities. Notwithstanding the Secretary-General's assessment that ... Noting Sudanese warring parties' ongoing refusal to ...

Civilians' Loss of Protection from Attack

The report states that “civilians who merely support the adverse party's war or military effort or that otherwise only indirectly participate in hostilities ...

Armed Conflict - Amnesty International

These laws seek to minimize human suffering and protect civilians as well as combatants who are no longer taking part in hostilities, such as prisoners of war.

The Principle of Distinction between Civilians and Combatants

Belgium's Law of War Manual (1983) provides: “A distinction must always be made between the civilian population and those participating in hostilities: the ...

1 Ceasefires Key Words: Cessation of Hostilities, Conflict Resolution ...

The applied meaning of all these terms is to provide for a suspension of hostilities between belligerent parties during armed conflict (Azarova and Blum, 2012).

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 ...

At the end of hostilities, the authorities in power shall endeavour to grant the broadest possible amnesty to persons who have participated in the armed ...

Glossary of Terms: Pauses During Conflict - OCHA

Cessation of hostilities. The suspension of active hostilities intended to allow parties to take a break from fighting for various reasons, including as a ...

The Humanitarian Influence of Yemen's Truce - CSIS

In the immediate term, all efforts must be made to protect vulnerable populations from resurgent hostilities and to support humanitarian ...

Civilians - The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law

... hostilities and must be protected against the dangers arising from military operations. ... hostilities between parties to an armed conflict. Constitutive ...

CrisisWatch Conflict Tracker | Crisis Group

Hostilities persisted between govt and communist militants. Clashes between military and New People's Army (NPA) rebels during Oct in Mindanao (Lana del Sur) ...

How Do Humanitarian Corridors, Cease-Fires, and Pauses Address ...

Cease-fire agreements are specific to the context of hostilities (e.g., the political and economic situation of the fighting parties) and the ...

Armed conflict: A glossary of terms - European Parliament

A military agreement that puts an end to ongoing hostilities. There are two ... permit the safe movement of civilians and/or supplies between locations during ...

Trigger Events of the Civil War | American Battlefield Trust

While the agreement succeeded in postponing outright hostilities between the ... war between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces. Although the violence ...

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 ...

These persons, provided that they continue to refrain from any act of hostility ... threaten an adversary therewith or to conduct hostilities on this basis.

October 2023 Hostilities between Israel and Palestinian Armed Groups

But what are these laws, and how do they apply to these hostilities? Warring parties have a duty to distinguish between combatants and civilians ...

Declarations of War and Authorizations for the Use of Military Force

The Contracting Powers recognize that hostilities between ... in hostilities requiring authorization of their continued presence under the War Powers. Resolution.

Trapped in Conflict: Reforming Military Strategy to Save Lives in ...

Approach to Security Forces. Hostilities between armed groups and the military are no longer at the heart of conflict in Colombia. Rival groups ...

THE KOREAN WAR ARMISTICE: A BATTLEFIELD NEGOTIATION

In international law, an armistice is a military agreement suspending active hostilities between the belligerents. It does not terminate the ...

Q & A on Hostilities between Israel and Hamas | Human Rights Watch

Common Article 3 provides a number of fundamental protections for civilians and persons who are no longer taking part in hostilities, such as ...