Fourth Geneva Convention bans collective civilian punishment
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“The Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 explicitly prohibits collective punishment of civilians.”
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Article 33 of the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention states that no protected person may be punished for an offence they did not personally commit, thereby expressly prohibiting collective punishment of civilians. This prohibition is a core provision of the Convention.
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"collective punishment for individual acts ... are forbidden." Geneva Convention · Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War art. 87, Aug. 12, 1949, 6 U.S.T. 3316, 75 · U.N.T.S. 135. Similar prohibitions on collective punishment can be found in the Fourth
- Collective punishment - Wikipedia
The punished group may often have ... in both international and/or non-international armed conflicts, more specifically Common Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention and Article 4 of the Additional Protocol II....
- Fourth Geneva Convention - Wikipedia
Reprisals against protected persons and their property is prohibited. Article 33 explicitly outlaws collective punishment, establishing the principle that no protected person may be penalized for an offense they did not personally commit. Under the 1949 Geneva Conventions, collective punishment ...
- IHL Treaties - Geneva Convention (IV) on Civilians, 1949 - Article 33
Geneva, 12 August 1949. Legal instrument text is available in these languages ... No protected person may be punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited.
- ihl_treaties - Женевская конвенция (IV) о гражданском населении 1949 год - commentary_of 1958 Article | Article 33 - Individual responsibility, collective penalties, pillage, reprisals | Article 33
-- INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY -- ... Hague Regulations: "No general penalty, pecuniary or otherwise, shall be inflicted upon the population on account of the acts of individuals for which they can not be regarded as jointly and severally responsible"....
- IHL Treaties - Geneva Convention (IV) on Civilians, 1949
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- Collective Punishment | The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law
It ensures that the collective punishment of a group of persons for a crime committed by an individual is also forbidden, whether in the case of prisoners of war or of any other individuals (GCIII Art. 87, API Art. 75.2.d, APII Art. 4.2.b). This is one of the fundamental guarantees established ...
- CONCOMITANT PROHIBITIONS: COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT AS THE
IHRL, thus shedding light on the scope of the prohibition contained in Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva · Convention.
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