A forbidden method of warfare whose primary purpose is to spread terror among the civilian population. Indiscriminate bombardment is one of the principal methods of terror. For War on Terror, see War on Terror
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LEGAL SOURCE
CASES
Colombia, Response of armed groups to COVID-19
ICTY, The Prosecutor v. Galic [Part A., paras 16-137 and 561-593; Part B, paras 69-104]
ICTY, The Prosecutor v. Strugar [Part A.; Part B., paras 220-222 and 280-288; Part C, paras 270-272]
Israel/Palestine, Operation Protective Edge (Gaza, 13 June - 26 August 2014)
ICTY, The Prosecutor v. Radovan Karadzic
Belgium, Prosecution of Terrorist Crimes in the context of Armed Conflict
Lake Chad Basin, Multinational Joint Task Force and Boko Haram
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES
SAYAPIN Sergey V., “The Spread of Terror among the Civilian Population: A War Crime?”, in Asia-Pacific Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, Vol. 2, 2006, pp. 196-225.