Practice question
During an armed conflict, a commander launches an attack on a military objective knowing it will cause incidental civilian deaths excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated. He claims a military target always makes incidental civilian harm lawful. Which is correct under section 4(c)(5)?
- Correct, because a military objective removes every proportionality limit
- Correct, unless every civilian is killed
- Incorrect, because the provision prohibits the knowing launch of the described excessively harmful attack
- Incorrect, because every attack on a military objective is necessarily genocide
- Correct, if the attack was announced on social media
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2009/ra_9851_2009.html — RA 9851, Chapter III, sections 4–6, war crimes, genocide, direct public incitement and other crimes against humanity; section 3 supplies the related contextual definitions.
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