1. Law of Armed Conflict

2. Video International Law: Law of Armed Conflict

3. Fundamental Principles
MILITARY NECESSITY
Only those acts of war which will likely produce some military advantage
HUMANITY
May not cause more harm, pain, destruction of enemy than is necessary to defeat it
CHIVALRY
Dishonorable means or conduct is forbidden 10 10 10 10 10

4. Specific Rules for Conduct of Hostilities
Examples of Prohibited Weapons
Glass-filled projectiles
Poison/poison gas
Hollow point bullets
Refusal of Quarter
Use of treachery 11 11 11 11 11

5. Specific Rules (cont’d)
Noncombatants
Rights of occupying army
Right to govern
Can change the penal law for security of its forces
Can punish acts of espionage, sabotage, and guerrilla activity 12 12 12 12 12

6. Specific Rules (cont’d)
POWs
Must be provided free food, clothing, shelter, and medical care
Medical personnel & chaplains must be released (unless they are needed to minister to their fellow prisoners
May be forced to do agricultural and domestic (as long as they don’t serve a military purpose) 13 13 13 13 13

7. Specific Rules (cont’d)
Noncombatants
Temporary Custody - If holding them temporarily for military purposes, they must be treated humanely
If accidentally injured - excusable if in the course of destroying a military target (if risk of injury is proportional to the military advantage) 14 14 14 14 14

8. Enforcement of Laws of Armed Conflict
Public Opinion
Payment Of Reparations
Diplomatic Action
Humanitarian Intervention
Reprisal
Reciprocity
Criminal Liability 15 15 15 15 15

9. What Would You Do If You Were In The Following Situations?
SCENARIOS
What Would You Do
If You Were In The
Following Situations? 16 16 16 16 16

10. As a future Air Force officer, you must exercise strong moral, ethical, and legal behavior.