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" ... an attack which may be expected to cause incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians, damage to civilian objects, or a combination thereof, which would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated. "
Bloodshed in the Caucasus: Escalation of the Armed Conflict in Nagorno Karabakh - Page 76
by Rachel Denber, Robert K. Goldman - 1992 - 84 pages
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Israel Yearbook on Human Rights 1998

Yoram Dinstein, Fania Domb - 1999 - 300 pages
...in Articles 5l and 57 of the Protocol.31 Proportionality enjoins attacks which "may be expected to cause incidental loss of civilian life, injury to...relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated".32 As with Article 48, terminological imprecision, specifically as to the phrase "concrete...
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International Law in Historical Perspective: The laws of war. Part IX-A

Dr. J. H. W. Verziji - 1978 - 572 pages
...similar concentration of civilians or civilian objects; and (b) an attack which may be expected to cause incidental loss of civilian life, injury to...concrete and direct military advantage anticipated." These detailed provisions implement to a certain extent the suggestions of the Commission of Jurists...
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Digest of United States Practice in International Law

984 pages
...or decide upon an attack shall "refrain from deciding to launch any attack which may be expected to cause incidental loss of civilian life, injury to...concrete and direct military advantage anticipated." Additional provisions require all feasible precautions to avoid injury to civilians and damage to civilian...
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Fiscal Year ... Arms Control Impact Statements: Statements Submitted to the ...

United States. President - 1982 - 460 pages
...military objective; or c) may be expected to cause incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilian*, damage to civilian objects, or a combination thereof,...be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct •llltary advantage anticipated. Radiation produced as a result of exposure to radioactive material,...
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International Law in the Netherlands: Vol. III

H. F. van Panhuys - 1980 - 510 pages
...amount of collateral civilian damage resulting from attacks against the targets on or near the dyke be "excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated" as a result of the attacks (Art. 57, para. 2). Then, a dyke may itself become a military objective...
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Fiscal Year ... Arms Control Impact Statements: Statements Submitted to the ...

United States. President - 1981 - 514 pages
...means of delivery which cannot be directed at a specific military objective; or c) may be expected to cause incidental loss of civilian life, injury to...concrete and direct military advantage anticipated. Radiation produced as a result of exposure to radioactive material, particularly the capture of neutrons....
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The Dignity and Honour of Women As Basic and Fundamental Human Rights

Yougindra Khushalani - 1982 - 172 pages
...following types of attacks are to be considered as indiscriminate: (b) an attack which may be expected to cause incidental loss of civilian life, injury to...concrete and direct military advantage anticipated. (6) Attacks against the civilian population or civilians by way of reprisals are prohibited. 143. Draft...
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New Rules for Victims of Armed Conflicts: Commentary on the Two 1977 ...

Michael Bothe, Karl Josef Partsch, Waldemar A. Solf - 1982 - 770 pages
...for the formulation of this element. This provision defines what "excessive loss" means, namely an incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians,...combination thereof which would be excessive in relation to concrete and direct military advantage anticipated". This rule of proportionality 12 is applicable...
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Human Rights Documents: Compilation of Documents Pertaining to Human Rights ...

1983 - 812 pages
...similar concentration of civilians or civilian objects ; and (b) an attack which may be expected to cause incidental loss of civilian life, injury to...concrete and direct military advantage anticipated. 496 7. The presence or movements of the civilian population or individual civilians shall not be used...
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Moral Principles and Nuclear Weapons

Douglas P. Lackey - 1984 - 300 pages
...similar concentration of civilians or civilian objects; and (b) an attack which may be expected to cause incidental loss of civilian life, injury to...concrete and direct military advantage anticipated. 6. Attacks against the civilian population or civilians by way of reprisals are prohibited.15 The language...
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