Customary IHL - 7. The Principle of Distinction between Civilian Objects and Military Objectives

Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of

Practice Relating to Rule 7. The Principle of Distinction between Civilian Objects and Military Objectives

Section C. Attacks against civilian objects in general

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia’s Military Manual (1988) provides: “Civilian objects … may not be the object of attack.”

Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of, Propisi o Primeri Pravila Medjunarodnog Ratnog Prava u Oruzanim Snagama SFRJ, PrU-2, Savezni Sekretarijat za Narodnu Odbranu (Pravna Uprava), 1988, § 73.

Section D. Attacks against places of civilian concentration, including schools

IV. National Legislation

Under the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia’s Penal Code (1976), as amended in 2001, it is a war crime to commit or order the commission of “an attack on … a [civilian] settlement”.

Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of, Penal Code, as amended in 2001, Article 142(1).

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