Warning

Advance warning must be given, unless circumstances do not permit.

See Precautions in attack;

OUTLINE

Chapter 9, II. 10. Precautionary measures in attack, introductory text

Chapter 9, II. 10. b) advance warning must be given, unless circumstances do not permit

LEGAL SOURCE

DOCUMENT

France, Accession to Protocol I (B. Para. 16)

CASES

Israel, Operation Cast Lead (Part I, Paras 262-265, Part II, Paras. 499-536)

Israel/Lebanon/Hezbollah, Conflict in 2006 (Part I, Paras. 149-158)

FRY, NATO Intervention (A. Paras 18, 20, 22-25 and B. Para. 77)

Civil War in Nepal (Part II.)

ECHR, Isayeva v. Russia (Paras. 15, 25, 72, 164, 171, 187, 192-193)

ECHR, Khatsiyeva v. Russia (Paras. 21and 139)

Israel/Palestine, Operation Protective Edge (Gaza, 13 June - 26 August 2014)

Syria: Attacks on Oil Infrastructure

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCE

Suggested reading:

OTTO Roland, “Neighbours as Human Shields? The Israel Defense Forces’ ‘Early Warning Procedure’ and International Humanitarian Law”, in IRRC, No. 856, December 2004, pp. 771-786.