Switzerland
Practice Relating to Rule 8. Definition of Military Objectives
Switzerland’s Regulation on Legal Bases for Conduct during an Engagement (2005) states: “
Military objectives are objects that by their nature, location, purpose or use effectively contribute to military action.”
Switzerland’s ABC of International Humanitarian Law (2009) states: “Military objectives are those whose nature, location, purpose or use make an effective contribution to military actions, and whose total or partial destruction, capture or neutralisation would provide a definite military advantage.”