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;...
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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...
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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...
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A Non-combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) is an operation conducted to evacuate civilians from another country, generally due to a deteriorating security...
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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...
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Civilian casualties in the Second Intifada (redirect from List of attacks against Israeli non-combatants in the Second Intifada)
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...
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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...
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During the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, the airspaces of non-combatant neighbouring countries, particularly Poland, Moldova, and Romania, have...
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Airstrike (section Non-combatant deaths)
directed towards a legitimate military target and the harm caused to non-combatant targets must be proportional to the advantage gained by such attack...
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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...
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Terrorism (section Non-state groups)
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...
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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...
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Mukhtar's desert warriors or made horses available to them. Since the non-combatant population ensured the reproductive conditions of the adwar system and...
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Conscientious objector (redirect from Non-military service)
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...
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Casualty (person) (section Non-battle casualty)
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...
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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...
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ratio (also civilian death ratio, civilian-combatant ratio, etc.) is the ratio of civilian casualties to combatant casualties, or total casualties. The measurement...
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non-combatants killed or injured during combat, used to reduce the perceived culpability of military leadership in failing to prevent non-combatant casualties...
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during the interrogation of POWs and enemy combatants, and the use of violence against civilian non-combatants and their property. War crimes are defined...
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fifteen countries have been identified as having a civilian, unarmed or non-combatant service optional alternative to compulsory military service: Angola...
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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...
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irrespective of non-combatant status. As their non-combatant status is not respected, many US medics no longer wear non-combatant markings. This can...
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The Geneva Conventions define the rights and protections afforded to non-combatants who fulfill the criteria of being protected persons. The treaties of...
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Afghanistan, Iraq and Mali. Moreover, the unit has conducted numerous non-combatant evacuation operations in recent years. The roots of the KCT go back...
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indianexpress.com. 8 October 2012. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013. "Non Combatant(Enrolled) – Pension Chart". Principal Controller of Defence Accounts...
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Definition of terrorism (category Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments)
leaders" (Michael Walzer, 2002). "the organized use of violence to attack non-combatants (‘innocents’ in a special sense) or their property for political purposes"...
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uniforms in the Eastern Front. However, forced repatriations included non-combatant civilians. Motivations varied, but the primary reasons were the brutal...
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raiders are armed commerce raiding ships that disguise themselves as non-combatant merchant vessels. Germany used several merchant raiders early in World...
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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...
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legitimate military targets, and can result in massive civilian or other non-combatant suffering and casualties. While some war studies scholars consider war...
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