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XVII – Non-International Armed Conflict (NIAC)Chapter Contents17.1 Introduction17.2 Application of International Law to NIACs17.3 Special Agreements Between Parties to the Conflict17.4 A State’s Use of Its Domestic Law and NIAC17.5 Principle of Distinction in NIAC17.6 Respect and Humane Treatment of Persons Taking No Active Part inHostilities in NIAC17.7 Rules on Conducting Attacks in NIAC17.8 Impartial Humanitarian Organizations and Humanitarian Activities DuringNIAC17.9 Protection of the Civilian Population in NIAC17.10 Protection of Children in NIAC17.11 Protection of Cultural Property in NIAC17.12 Use of Captured or Surrendered Enemy Personnel in NIAC17.13 Weapons in NIAC17.14 Protection of the Wounded, Sick, Shipwrecked, and Dead in NIAC17.15 Protection of Medical and Religious Personnel and Medical Transports inNIAC17.16 Display of the Distinctive Emblem in NIAC17.17 Detention in NIAC17.18 Non-Intervention and Neutral Duties in NIAC17.1 INTRODUCTIONThis Chapter addresses the law of war rules applicable to armed conflict not of aninternational character, or non-international armed conflict (NIAC). Non-international armedconflicts are those armed conflicts that are not between States. 1 In particular, this Chapteraddresses the rules applicable to State armed forces conducting military operations against non-State armed groups.The application of the law of war to non-international armed conflict may be complex. 2In U.S. practice, in certain cases, the rules applicable in international armed conflict have beenapplied as a matter of policy to military operations in non-international armed conflict.17.1.1 Non-International Armed Conflict – Notes on Terminology. Non-internationalarmed conflict is commonly referred to by the acronym “NIAC.” Although there has been arange of views on what constitutes a non-international armed conflict, the intensity of theconflict and the organization of the parties are criteria that have been assessed to distinguish1 Refer to § 3.3.1 (International Armed Conflict and Non-International Armed Conflict).2 Refer to § 17.2 (Application of International Law to NIACs).1010

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