Practice question
A commander agrees not to kill covered captives but orders corporal punishment and threatened mutilation as allegedly humane alternatives. Which is correct?
- Any nonfatal act is humane by definition
- Avoiding killing does not excuse the separately prohibited corporal punishment and threats
- Only lethal violence is regulated
- A commander’s alternative label removes every prohibition
- Only the number of captives decides
Legal references
- Additional Protocol I Article 75: https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/api-1977/article-75; paragraphs 1-2.
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