LOAC and Code of Conduct

Question 1

What is the Law of Armed Conflict?

Answer 1

The law governing the conduct when engaged in armed conflict?

Question 2

Jus ad bellum

Answer 2

Initiating armed conflict

Question 3

Jus in bello

Answer 3

Engaging in armed conflict

Question 4

Sources of LOAC

Answer 4

Hague Conventions on the Laws and Customs of War on Land; Geneva Conventions; Chemical Weapons Convention

Question 5

Geneva Conventions protecting persons

Answer 5

Sick and wounded in the field; shipwrecked; prisoners of war; civilians

Question 6

Hague Convention forbidden means of injuring the enemy

Answer 6

1. Employ poisonous weapons 2. Kill or wound an enemy who has surrendered 3. Employ arms, projectiles, or materials to cause unnecessary suffering 4. To make improper use of distinctive symbols 5. To compel service members to fight against their own country

Question 7

LOAC Four Basic Principles

Answer 7

1. Military necessity 2. Prohibit unnecessary suffering 3. Proportionality 4. Discrimination

Question 8

What is military necessity?

Answer 8

Necessary force and target to complete a legitimate objective

Question 9

What does it mean to prohibit unnecessary suffering?

Answer 9

Minimize injury, destruction of property, and collateral damage

Question 10

What is proportionality?

Answer 10

Force cannot be excessive to the achieved military objective

Question 11

What is discrimination?

Answer 11

Separate combatants form noncombatant

Question 12

What are the three types of individuals in an operational environment?

Answer 12

Combatants, Noncombatants, and Civilians

Question 13

Unlawful Targets

Answer 13

Protected property and Noncombatants

Question 14

Types of Protected Property

Answer 14

Civilian property, cultural property, medical property

Question 15

Types on noncombatants

Answer 15

Chaplains, civilians, journalists, medical personnel, parachutists, prisoners of war, wounded and sick

Question 16

Protected Medical Transports and Facilities

Answer 16

Ambulances, hospitals, hospital ships, MEDEVAC helicopters, medical aircraft

Question 17

Perfidy and Treachery

Answer 17

Injuring an enemy as a result of their adherence to LOAC

Question 18

Violations of the Hague Convention

Answer 18

Misuse cultural property; misuse enemy uniforms, flags, national emblems or insignia; misuse Flag of Truce; misuse of the Red Cross; pretending to be a civilian, pretending to surrender, pretending to be a UN Peacekeeper, pretending to be wounded

Question 19

Prisoner of War Rights

Answer 19

Receive food, shelter, adequate clothing to stay in good health, medical care; send and receive mail; keep personal property, retain military ID card; provide copy of Geneva Conventions in their native language; right to complain to camp commander about camp conditions; practice their religion; due process if tried for any offenses

Question 20

Prisoner of War Obligations

Answer 20

Inform captors of their name, rank, service number, and DOB; obey all lawful rules; perform labor consistent with one’s rank, but should not support the war effort