Acts of war hostilities

(a) Service at duty stations where very hazardous conditions, such as war or active hostilities, prevail

(b) Losses due to acts of war or hostilities are those which occurred as a result of the existence of actual war conditions in the area of operations armed action by local military forces or militia and any other type of hostilities, including hijacking and other acts of banditry

Thus McNair and Watts point to the fact that a state of war may exist even if no armed force is being employed by the opposing parties and no actual hostilities between them are occurring.

Cessation of hostilities does not mean that war is over, particularly for children who have been extensively exposed to the culture of violence.

Ninety seven Iraqi army and special operations battalions are conducting combat operations against the enemy.

Populations living under occupation had been subjected to the worst types of war crimes and crimes against humanity, as well as hostile action by forces of occupation.

It contains information that would be valuable to the enemy... in the war that breaks out tomorrow, weather permitting.

It has been estimated that as many as 15,000 child combatants were taking part in hostilities.

91. The term quot hostilities quot was defined during the Diplomatic Conference of 1974 1977 as quot acts of war that by their nature or purpose strike at the personnel and matériel of enemy armed forces .

I've always been willing to bargain with my enemies. Can we not make a treaty?

For the outbreak of hostilities read incidents of hostile acts

Cl. 340, 374 75 (1886) (citing Wheaton's distinction between two classes of war A perfect war is where one whole nation is at war with another nation, and all the members of both nations are authorized to commit hostilities against all the members of the other, in every case, and under every circumstance permitted by the general laws of war.

During Active Hostilities

Much of this relates to the cessation of hostilities and successful peace processes following some of the world's most protracted wars.

(a) Duty stations where very hazardous conditions such as war or active hostilities prevail and where the evacuation of families and non essential staff has taken place

Prior to Commencement of Active Hostilities

After the Cessation of Active Hostilities

The Bush administration says that the detainees are enemy combatants in the global war against terror a war that is being waged around the world, and that could last for decades. The commander of the Guantánamo task force, Rear Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr., recently defended harsh treatment of his prisoners, claiming, They re all terrorists they re all enemy combatants.

The Pretoria Agreement includes a joint declaration by the Ivorian parties on an immediate and final cessation of all hostilities and an end to the war throughout the country.

must not take part in hostilities

ARMED CONFLICTS HOSTILITIES

Certain delegations considered that the term hostilities also covered preparations for combat and return from combat.

It launched wars against its neighbours.

3) Treaties to which the belligerents are parties relating to the conduct of hostilities, for example, the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 and other treaties prescribing rules of warfare, remain binding.

Effective arms control measures can only be achieved and sustained in a region where war, armed conflict, terrorism, political hostility and incitement are not features of everyday life.

Hostilities broke out in late August.

DIRECT INDIRECT PARTICIPATION IN HOSTILITIES

Jost Delbrück, War, Effect on Treaties, in 4 Encyclopedia of International Law 1367, 1371 (2000) ( A review of the use of military force in the decades following World War II reveals a remarkable shift away from the traditional concept of war as a phenomenon characterized by the formal commencement of hostilities by declaration of war or other action clearly indicating the intention of a State to go to war with another State.

An armed conflict is usually a situation during which periods of hostilities are interspersed with periods of truce.

International humanitarian law (IHL) is composed of a set of norms basically designed to protect persons who are not participating, or have ceased to participate, in hostilities, as well as to restrict the methods and means used to make war.

A war can be ended other than by winning and defeating the enemy.

(d) To refrain from the recruitment or use of children in hostilities contrary to international standards and to take all necessary measures for the demobilization and social reintegration of war affected children

MINIMUM AGE FOR PARTICIPATION IN HOSTILITIES

65. Recruitment and participation of children in hostilities.

77. Recruitment and participation of children in hostilities.

Operation Yoav was a military operation carried out by Israel in its war for independence.

Exchanges of prisoners from Kabul with the opposition forces had taken place.

According to the Commentary on the Additional Protocols, direct participation in hostilities implies a direct causal relationship between the activity engaged in and the harm done to the enemy at the time and the place where the activity takes place . In other words, it means acts of war which by their nature or purpose are likely to cause actual harm to the personnel and equipment of the enemy armed forces .

(8) In recognition that war is the greatest cause of human rights violations, call for the immediate cessation of hostilities and for the peaceful resolution of the border conflict.

Our freighter was an enemy ship. After all, we're at war.

The real war's being fought against Germans, not Turks.

If through the War of 1812 the Six Nations remained neutral, as they had through the Revolutionary War, there was no reason why either of the contending nations in 1812 should desire to change the status of the Six Nations and thereby anger and drive them into hostilities. Ibid. at 72.

In 1817, Lord Stowell said treaties are perishable things, and their obligations are dissipated by the first hostility. United States President Polk stated in 1847 that a state of war abrogates treaties previously existing between the belligerents. Sir J. D.

It had earned Executive Outcomes many new enemies, especially among arms dealers interested in keeping wars going.