Practice question
A normally civilian house is suspected of military use, but the only evidence leaves the Article 52(3) doubt unresolved. A reviewer says the presumption alone permanently forbids considering later reliable evidence. Which is correct?
- Every civilian house is permanently immune regardless of actual military use
- The rule addresses doubt; it should not be transformed into a permanent classification regardless of later established facts
- Later facts can never affect the Article 52 test
- The presumption means the house is already a military objective
- Only its original paint color matters
Legal references
- Additional Protocol I Articles 51-52: https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/api-1977/article-51 ; https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/api-1977/article-52; Articles 51(4)-(5),52(2)-(3).
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