Terror (spreading of)

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  

 OUTLINE

Chapter 9, II. 6. a) attacks against the civilian population as such (including those intended to spread terror)

 LEGAL SOURCE

PI, 51/2

PII, 13/2

CIHL, 2

 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

Iraq, The Battle for Mosul

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.