Civilian casualties, non-combatant immunity and the politics of killing: review essay
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DOI: 10.1080/17539153.2016.1175271
Abstract: Killing may be essential to the conduct of war but it is generally assumed that certain groups should be kept protected from the worst of it. Whereas soldiers may be targeted on the battlefield (un... read more here.
Keywords: politics killing; non combatant; combatant immunity; immunity politics ... See more keywords
The non-combatant status: importance and implications for medical personnel
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DOI: 10.1136/jramc-2016-000732
Abstract: Under the laws of armed conflict military medics are deemed non-combatants, and as such are subject to certain protections and limitations. The non-combatant status is defined in the famous Geneva Conventions, which form the basis… read more here.
Keywords: status; combatant status; non combatant; importance ... See more keywords
Symbolic power in the US Government Counterinsurgency Guide: US security, (non-) combatant civilians, and the refugee-in-place
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DOI: 10.1177/0921374020935142
Abstract: Framed by symbolic power as a theory of performance, this essay takes as its subject the state’s use of performance transience for oppressive ends. For Pierre Bourdieu, the symbolic field is about group misrecognition of… read more here.
Keywords: non combatant; counterinsurgency guide; power; government counterinsurgency ... See more keywords