DEPARTMENTOFDEFENSE LAW OFWARMANUAL JUNE2015

4.2 The Armed Forces and the Civilian Population .........................................................100
4.3 Lawful Combatants and Unprivileged Belligerents ...................................................103
4.4 Rights, Duties, and Liabilities of Combatants ...........................................................106
4.5 Armed Forces of a State .............................................................................................112
4.6 Other Militia and Volunteer Corps ............................................................................118
4.7 Levée en Masse ..........................................................................................................125
4.8 Rights, Duties, and Liabilities of Civilians ................................................................127
4.9 Military Medical and Religious Personnel ................................................................129
4.10 Rights, Duties, and Liabilities of Military Medical and Religious Personnel .........133
4.11 Authorized Staff of Voluntary Aid Societies ...........................................................134
4.12 Staff of a Recognized Aid Society of a Neutral Country .........................................135
4.13 Auxiliary Medical Personnel ...................................................................................136
4.14 Personnel Engaged in Duties Related to the Protection of Cultural Property .........138
4.15 Persons Authorized to Accompany the Armed Forces ............................................142
4.16 Crews of Merchant Marine Vessels or Civil Aircraft ..............................................148
4.17 Spies, Saboteurs, and Other Persons Engaging in Similar Acts Behind
Enemy Lines ........................................................................................................150
4.18 Private Persons Who Engage in Hostilities .............................................................157
4.19 Rights, Duties, and Liabilities of Unprivileged Belligerents ...................................162
4.20 Children....................................................................................................................166
4.21 Mercenaries ..............................................................................................................170
4.22 AP I Provisions on Civil Defense Personnel ...........................................................172
4.23 Law Enforcement Officers .......................................................................................172
4.24 Journalists ................................................................................................................173
4.25 Delegates or Representatives of the Protecting Powers ...........................................175
4.26 ICRC and Other Impartial Humanitarian Organizations .........................................176
4.27 Determining the Status of Detainees in Cases of Doubt ..........................................179
V – The Conduct of Hostilities ..................................................................................................183
5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................183
5.2 Principles for the Conduct of Hostilities ....................................................................185
5.3 Overview of Rules for the Protection of Civilians.....................................................185
5.4 Assessing Information Under the Law of War ..........................................................192
5.5 Rules on Conducting Assaults, Bombardments, and Other Attacks ..........................194
5.6 Discrimination in Conducting Attacks .......................................................................203
5.7 Military Objectives ....................................................................................................205
5.8 Combatants ................................................................................................................216
5.9 Civilians Taking a Direct Part in Hostilities ..............................................................222
5.10 Persons Placed Hors de Combat ..............................................................................232
5.11 Feasible Precautions in Conducting Attacks to Reduce the Risk of Harm to
Protected Persons and Objects .............................................................................237
5.12 Proportionality in Conducting Attacks ....................................................................241
5.13 Attacks on Facilities, Works, or Installations Containing Dangerous Forces .........247
5.14 Feasible Precautions to Reduce the Risk of Harm to Protected Persons and
Objects by the Party Subject to Attack ................................................................248
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