The United Nations and the Fight Against Terrorism: Hearing and Briefing Before the Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, March 17, 2005

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Pagina 21 - The presence or movements of the civilian population or individual civilians shall not be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations, in particular in attempts to shield military objectives from attacks or to shield, favour or impede military operations. The Parties to the conflict shall not direct the movement of the civilian population or individual civilians in order to attempt to shield military objectives from attacks or to shield military operations.
Pagina 21 - Civilian objects are all objects which are not military objectives as defined in paragraph 2. 2. Attacks shall be limited strictly to military objectives. In so far as objects are concerned, military objectives are limited to those objects which by their nature, location, purpose or use make an effective contribution to military action and whose total or partial destruction, capture or neutralization, in the circumstances ruling at the time, offers a definite military advantage.
Pagina 21 - ... objective' means, so far as objects are concerned, any object which by its nature, location, purpose or use makes an effective contribution to military action and whose total or partial destruction, capture or neutralization, in the circumstances ruling at the time, offers a definite military advantage. 7. 'Civilian objects' are all objects which are not military objectives as defined in paragraph 6 of this Article. 8. 'Minefield...
Pagina 18 - Deny safe haven to those who finance, plan, support, or commit terrorist acts, or provide safe havens...
Pagina 23 - The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
Pagina 16 - Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia".
Pagina 8 - ... to intimidate a population, or to compel a government or an international organization to do or...
Pagina 21 - In so far as objects are concerned, military objectives are limited to those objects which by their nature, location, purpose of use make an effective contribution to military action and whose total or partial destruction, capture or neutralization, in the circumstances ruling at the time, offers a definite military advantage.150 Thus, according to the provisions of Protocol I, an object must satisfy a "twopronged test...
Pagina 20 - Nations regarding the exercise of the right to self-determination by peoples under colonial and alien domination, and reaffirmed: the legitimacy of the struggle of peoples for independence, territorial integrity, national unity and liberation from colonial and foreign domination and alien subjugation by all available means, including armed struggle.
Pagina 15 - All cases of struggle by whatever means, including armed struggle, against foreign occupation and aggression for liberation and self-determination, in accordance with the principles of international law, shall not be regarded as an offence.

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