Practice question
An AP I-governed attack is expected to affect civilians, and circumstances permit an effective advance warning. Officials say advance warning is never relevant to protection against attack effects. Which provision answers them?
- Article57(2)(c) requires an effective advance warning unless circumstances do not permit
- The Protocol expressly forbids all warnings
- A warning makes every attack lawful automatically
- Only warnings after the attack count
- Warnings replace all other precautions
Legal references
- Additional ProtocolI Article57: https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/api-1977/article-57 Article57(2)(c),(3).
- Rome Statute: https://legal.un.org/icc/statute/99_corr/cstatute.htm Article8(2)(b)(iv).
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