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Protection of Women, Children, and Journalist
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This is including protection of women, children, journalist, war correspondents and non-international armed conflicts.
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Protection of Women,Children and Journalist
Armed conflicts often occur in the midst of populated areas, and it’s a
fact that the majority of casualities are often civilian. Some persons are
even more exposed to dangers than others during an armed conflict due
to their gender, age, and profession, such as women, children and
journalist.
Women
2. API forbids the recruitment of children under the
It is a fact that men and women experience armed
age of 15 into the armed forces. This is a very
conflict differently. Women are often particularly
important prohibition for the protection of children;
vulnerable to sexual abuse. The fourth Geneva
children who directly participate in hostilities
Convention and API provide that all women;
are subject to great risks because they become
1. Shall be protected against rape, forced
legitimate military targets.
prostitution, and any other form of indecent
They often suffer serious psychological
assault.
consequences from their recruitment such as
2. Detained women who are pregnant or who
the trauma that they can experience when
have young children must have their case
they're forced to kill other people.
considered with utmost priority.
3. IHL provides that women who are pregnant or
have young children should not receive the
death penalty if they're prosecuted and
Journalists and war
convicted
conflict.
of crimes related to an armed
correspondents
Children
The difference between the two is that war
correspondents are formally
authorized to accompany the armed forces
First, it's important to note that children benefit
whereas journalists aren't. But both categories are
from the general protection afforded to civilians in
at risk of being captured by belligerent parties for
armed conflict. But it also goes without saying that
alleged espionage or have been targeted during
children are particularly vulnerable persons. For
their dangerous missions.
example, especially when there are orphaned or
1. Journalists do not receive a special protected
separated from their families as a result of armed
status under IHL as a result of their profession.
conflict, they are susceptible to slavery, sexual
2. They are considered to be civilians, and are
violence, and forced military recruitment. So,
thereby protected in the same way as other
they're also entitled to special protection under
civilians. By the fourth Geneva Convention and
IHL;
Additional Protocol I, like other civilians,
1. The parties to the conflict must provide journalists may not be directly targeted. They
children with the aid and care they require. can only lose their civilian protection when they
They must also facilitate their religious take a direct part in hostilities.
practices and their education.
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