Règle correspondante
Canada
Practice Relating to Rule 9. Definition of Civilian Objects
Canada’s LOAC Manual (1999) states: “Under the law of armed conflict, a ‘civilian object’ is any object which is not a ‘military objective’.”
Canada, The Law of Armed Conflict at the Operational and Tactical Level, Office of the Judge Advocate General, 1999, p. 4-4, § 36.
Canada’s LOAC Manual (2001) states in its chapter on targeting: “Under the LOAC, a ‘civilian object’ is any object, which is not a ‘military objective’.”
Canada, The Law of Armed Conflict at the Operational and Tactical Levels, Office of the Judge Advocate General, 13 August 2001, § 427.
In 2013, in a statement before the UN Security Council during an open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, the minister counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Canada stated: “We … recall that media equipment and installations constitute civilian objects within international law as affirmed by UN Security Council Resolution 1738 (2006).”
Canada, Statement by the minister counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Canada during a UN Security Council open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, 17 July 2013.
