Legal Status of Voluntary Human Shield in International Humanitarian Law

International Humanitarian Law (IHL) as a series of rules which aims to protect civilians against the effects of hostilities has prohibited expressly the use of civilians as Human Shield. But voluntarism in human shield poses some question of law. In fact in some situations, civilians may put themse...

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Main Authors: Salehe Ramezani, Homayon Habibi
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2015-04-01
Series:Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i ̒Umūmī
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Online Access:http://qjpl.atu.ac.ir/article_987_ed6c13bb98555f0a9dd5b057ee39e80c.pdf
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spelling doaj-6f2eb860bf9b4c5087d02d8dbbdac7e52020-11-25T02:11:08ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University PressFaṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i ̒Umūmī2345-61162015-04-01164577103Legal Status of Voluntary Human Shield in International Humanitarian LawSalehe RamezaniHomayon Habibi International Humanitarian Law (IHL) as a series of rules which aims to protect civilians against the effects of hostilities has prohibited expressly the use of civilians as Human Shield. But voluntarism in human shield poses some question of law. In fact in some situations, civilians may put themselves in front of military objective by their will, which is a controversial issue. Some scholars consider the Voluntary Human Shield as taking direct participation in hostilities by civilians which deprives theme of the protections IHL grants to civilians. But the opponents view refuses this interpretation. This article rejects the idea of Voluntary Human Shield, as direct participant except in very specific situations where criteria of "direct participation" are met. http://qjpl.atu.ac.ir/article_987_ed6c13bb98555f0a9dd5b057ee39e80c.pdfInternational Humanitarian Law; Human Shield; Voluntary Human Shield; Direct Participation in Hostilities; Proportionality; Precautio
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Legal Status of Voluntary Human Shield in International Humanitarian Law
Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i ̒Umūmī
International Humanitarian Law; Human Shield; Voluntary Human Shield; Direct Participation in Hostilities; Proportionality; Precautio
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Homayon Habibi
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title Legal Status of Voluntary Human Shield in International Humanitarian Law
title_short Legal Status of Voluntary Human Shield in International Humanitarian Law
title_full Legal Status of Voluntary Human Shield in International Humanitarian Law
title_fullStr Legal Status of Voluntary Human Shield in International Humanitarian Law
title_full_unstemmed Legal Status of Voluntary Human Shield in International Humanitarian Law
title_sort legal status of voluntary human shield in international humanitarian law
publisher Allameh Tabataba'i University Press
series Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i ̒Umūmī
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publishDate 2015-04-01
description International Humanitarian Law (IHL) as a series of rules which aims to protect civilians against the effects of hostilities has prohibited expressly the use of civilians as Human Shield. But voluntarism in human shield poses some question of law. In fact in some situations, civilians may put themselves in front of military objective by their will, which is a controversial issue. Some scholars consider the Voluntary Human Shield as taking direct participation in hostilities by civilians which deprives theme of the protections IHL grants to civilians. But the opponents view refuses this interpretation. This article rejects the idea of Voluntary Human Shield, as direct participant except in very specific situations where criteria of "direct participation" are met.
topic International Humanitarian Law; Human Shield; Voluntary Human Shield; Direct Participation in Hostilities; Proportionality; Precautio
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