Public International Law is a system of law
the attack should be stopped immediately.
Combatants can kill combatants ONLY if they are not "Hors de combat". A person hors de
combat is:
Persons under the protection of GC;
Prisoner of war;
Expresses intention to surrender;
If rendered unconscious or otherwise incapacitated by wounds or sickness and is therefore
incapable of protecting himself.
Provided that in any of these cases he abstains from any hostile act and does not attempt to
escape. If a person uses his or her status to achieve better military advantage, then it is a war
crime.
Armed forces
Combatants all members of armed forces, except medical and religious personal. Army in
the sense of IHL is a broader term, it can also be a national guard (Kaitseliit). Basically, it has to
be considered as an army by the state.
Civilians can be combatants as belligerents under these criterias:
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