Non-combatant is a term of art in the law of war and international humanitarian law to refer to civilians who are not taking a direct part in hostilities;...

The Non-Combatant Corps (NCC) was a corps of the British Army composed of conscientious objectors as privates, with NCOs and officers seconded from other...

Non-combatant casualty value (NCV), also known as the non-combatant and civilian casualty cut-off value (NCV or NCCV), is a military rule of engagement...

A Non-combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) is an operation conducted to evacuate civilians from another country, generally due to a deteriorating security...

whether as prisoners of war or unlawful combatants. In a non-interstate armed conflict, combatants who fought with non-state armed groups are not afforded...

International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) concluded that 1,099 were non-combatants, or 35 percent. According to the study, 103 (9 percent) were female...

During the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, the airspaces of non-combatant neighbouring countries, particularly Poland, Moldova, and Romania, have...

warfare over non-combatant needs. The term has been defined as "A war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved...

directed towards a legitimate military target and the harm caused to non-combatant targets must be proportional to the advantage gained by such attack...

Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims. The term is used in this regard...

engaged in hostilities. It is slightly different from a non-combatant, because some non-combatants are not civilians (for example, people who are not in...

perform alternative civilian service or to serve as a non-combatant in the army Non-Combatant Corps, according to the extent to which they could convince...

Mukhtar's desert warriors; or made horses available to them. Since the non-combatant population ensured the reproductive conditions of the adwar system and...

and assigned a non-combatant status. In the same 2002 IPICT full report there is a pie chart (Graph 2.9) that lists the IPICT combatant breakdown for Palestinian...

precise counts of the total number killed, as well as the number of non-combatant civilians killed, is impossible; and tracking of strikes and estimates...

as a term in military usage, is a person in military service, combatant or non-combatant, who becomes unavailable for duty due to any of several circumstances...

Class) was black with two thin white bands, the colors of Prussia. The non-combatant version of this award had the same medal, but the black and white colors...

fifteen countries have been identified as having a civilian, unarmed or non-combatant service optional alternative to compulsory military service:  Angola...

non-combatants killed or injured during combat, used to reduce the perceived culpability of military leadership in failing to prevent non-combatant casualties...

Geneva Conventions define the rights and protections afforded to those non-combatants who fulfill the criteria of being protected persons. The treaties of...

An unlawful combatant, illegal combatant or unprivileged combatant/belligerent is a person who directly engages in armed conflict in violation of the laws...

"Ashoka Chakra, Class I" as the first step of a three-class sequence of non-combatant bravery decorations. In 1967, these decorations were removed from the...

legitimate military targets, and can result in massive civilian or other non-combatant suffering and casualties. While some war studies scholars consider war...

irrespective of non-combatant status. As their non-combatant status is not respected, many US medics no longer wear non-combatant markings. This can...

Afghanistan, Iraq and Mali. Moreover, the unit has conducted numerous non-combatant evacuation operations in recent years. The roots of the KCT go back...

fighting units of the Crusades. They were prominent in Christian finance; non-combatant members of the order, who made up as much as 90% of their members, managed...

into military alliances such as NATO, CSTO or the SCO). As a type of non-combatant status, nationals of neutral countries enjoy protection under the law...

A human shield is a non-combatant (or a group of non-combatants) who either volunteers or is forced to shield a legitimate military target in order to...

was the first known Union commander to use black contrabands, in a non-combatant role, to do the physical labor duties, after he refused to return escaped...

raiders are armed commerce raiding ships that disguise themselves as non-combatant merchant vessels. Germany used several merchant raiders early in World...