International humanitarian law FAQs
| You are part of the coalition forces in Iraq in the early days of the invasion. You find out that Saddam Hussein is in a restaurant. So are 200 other people – civilians. You have the chance to fire a missile at it, that will certainly kill the leader of the regime you are fighting. It will also kill the civilians. Would you do it? Would it be a war crime, if you did fire the missile?
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 | | | We asked Charles Garraway, our international humanitarian law expert, for his take on this scenario. Listen to Charles' answer.
And then we asked him some more questions about international humanitarian law. Click on the questions to hear his answers: | |
| Charles Garraway served for thirty years as a legal officer in the United Kingdom Army Legal Services. He is now a legal adviser in the international law department at the British Red Cross.
This material was uploaded to the website in July 2008. Download a transcript of the interview. |
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