[MENTION=15726]Hossfly[/MENTION] Would you care to post a link, that is if you know?
I know, but look it up yourself. Ever heard of Google?
How do you look up something non existing? [MENTION=15726]Hossfly[/MENTION]
Is it then look here
Customary IHL - Practice Relating to Rule 97. Human Shields
Geneva Convention I
Article 19, second paragraph, of the 1949 Geneva Convention I provides:
The responsible authorities shall ensure that [fixed establishments and mobile medical units] are, as far as possible, situated in such a manner that attacks against military objectives cannot imperil their safety.
Shifa hospital was proven to have a rocket launcher in its grounds.
Geneva Convention IV
Article 28 of the 1949 Geneva Convention IV provides: The presence of a protected person may not be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations
hamas proven to use human shields to protect military installations many times in the last 3 weeks.
Additional Protocol I
Article 12(4) of the 1977 Additional Protocol I provides:
Under no circumstances shall medical units be used in an attempt to shield military objectives from attack. Whenever possible, the Parties to the conflict shall ensure that medical units are so sited that attacks against military objectives do not imperil their safety.
Article 51(7) of the 1977 Additional Protocol I provides:
The presence or movements of the civilian population or individual civilians shall not be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations, in particular in attempts to shield military objectives from attacks or to shield, favour or impede military operations. The Parties to the conflict shall not direct the movement of the civilian population or individual civilians in order to attempt to shield military objectives from attacks or to shield military operations
Shifa hospital again, and hamas human shields
ICC Statute
Pursuant to Article 8(2)(b)(xxiii) of the 1998 ICC Statute,
tilizing the presence of a civilian or other protected person to render certain points, areas or military forces immune from military operations constitutes a war crime in international armed conflicts
hamas use of human shields
New Delhi Draft Rules
Article 13 of the 1956 New Delhi Draft Rules provides:
Parties to the conflict are prohibited from placing or keeping members of the civilian population subject to their authority in or near military objectives, with the idea of inducing the enemy to refrain from attacking those objectives
hamas use of human shields
UN General Assembly
In a resolution adopted in 2003 on assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors, the UN General Assembly:
7. Calls upon all States and other parties to armed conflict to comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law, human rights law and refugee law and, in this regard, calls upon States parties to respect fully the provisions of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and related instruments, and to respect the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which accord children affected by armed conflict special protection and treatment;
8. Condemns all acts of exploitation of unaccompanied refugee minors, including their use as soldiers or human shields in armed conflict and their forced recruitment into military forces, and any other acts that endanger their safety and personal security
The P.A. signed this as full high contracting parties earlier this year, and are in breach already.
UN Commission on Human Rights
In a resolution adopted in 2003 on the question of the violation of human rights in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine, the UN Commission on Human Rights strongly condemned the use of Palestinian citizens as human shields during Israeli incursions into Palestinian areas.
In a resolution adopted in 2004 on human rights in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine, the UN Commission on Human Rights:
Taking into consideration the provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949 (Fourth Geneva Convention), the provisions of Additional Protocol I thereto of 1977 and the Hague Convention IV, of 18 October 1907, and Annexed Regulations respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land,
Recalling resolutions of the Security Council, the General Assembly and the Commission on Human Rights relating to the applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, since the 5 June 1967 war,
Reaffirming the applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention to the Palestinian territories occupied since the June 1967 war, including East Jerusalem,
9. Strongly condemns once more
the use of Palestinian citizens as human shields during Israeli incursions into Palestinian areas
again the use of human shields by hamas and fatah.
Is this enough for you to be going on with, or do you want more evidence of hamas' breaches of INTERNATIONAL LAW and the GENEVA CONVENTIONS.