Practice question
A government invokes Article 3’s law-and-order language as express permission to use illegitimate means. Which textual qualification defeats the claim?
- The provision says all means are unlimited
- Only private weapons are covered
- The commander may erase any word
- The clause applies only to foreign banks
- The responsibility is to act by legitimate means
Legal references
- Additional Protocol II Article 3: https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/apii-1977/article-3
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