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Conduct of Hostilities
Conduct of Hostilities
a. Denial of quarter
- main aim of the prohibition of the denial of quarter is
to protect combatants when they fall into enemy
hands by ensuring that they will not be killed. The
objective is to prevent the following acts: to order that
there shall be no survivors, to threaten the adversary
therewith, or to conduct hostilities on this basis.
III. Means and Methods of Warfare -
Prohibited Methods of Warfare
b. Perfidy :the distinction between perfidy and
permissible ruses of war
c. starvation of civilians
III. Means and Methods of Warfare – Cyber
Warfare
• Is defined as the Means and methods of
warfare that rely on information technology
and are used in situations of armed conflict.