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In international humanitarian law and international criminal law, an indiscriminate attack is a military attack that fails to distinguish between military objectives and protected (civilian) objects. Indiscriminate attacks strike both military and protected objects alike, thus violating the principle of distinction between combatants and civilians. They differ from direct (or deliberate) attacks against civilians and encompass cases in which the perpetrators are indifferent as to the nature of the target, cases in which the perpetrators use tactics or weapons that are inherently indiscriminate (e.g., cluster munitions, anti-personnel mines, nuclear weapons), and cases in which the attack is disproportionate, because it is likely to cause excessive civilian casualties and damages to protect

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  • In international humanitarian law and international criminal law, an indiscriminate attack is a military attack that fails to distinguish between military objectives and protected (civilian) objects. Indiscriminate attacks strike both military and protected objects alike, thus violating the principle of distinction between combatants and civilians. They differ from direct (or deliberate) attacks against civilians and encompass cases in which the perpetrators are indifferent as to the nature of the target, cases in which the perpetrators use tactics or weapons that are inherently indiscriminate (e.g., cluster munitions, anti-personnel mines, nuclear weapons), and cases in which the attack is disproportionate, because it is likely to cause excessive civilian casualties and damages to protected objects. Indiscriminate attacks are prohibited both by the Geneva Conventions Additional Protocol I (1977) and by customary international law. They constitute a war crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and the perpetrators can be prosecuted and held responsible in international and domestic courts. (en)
  • Une attaque sans discrimination ou attaque indiscriminée est, en droit international humanitaire et en droit international pénal, une offensive militaire qui n'établit pas de différence entre objectifs militaires et objets (civils) protégés. Une attaque indiscriminée frappe aussi bien les cibles militaires que les civils, ce qui viole le principe de distinction entre combattants et civils. Ce type d'attaque ne se confond pas avec l'attaque directe (ou délibérée) contre des civils ; le concept englobe diverses possibilités : les cas où les auteurs se montrent indifférents à la nature des cibles ; où les auteurs recourent à des tactiques ou des armes qui, par leur nature même, frappent sans distinction (par exemple : arme à sous-munitions, mines antipersonnel, bombes nucléaires) ; et les cas où l'attaque est disproportionnée, car elle est susceptible de provoquer une quantité excessive de victimes civiles et de dégâts aux biens protégés. Les attaques indiscriminées sont interdites à la fois par le Protocole I des Conventions de Genève (1977) et par le droit international coutumier. Elles constituent un crime de guerre selon le Statut de Rome de la Cour pénale internationale ; les auteurs de ces attaques sont passibles de poursuites et risquent d'être traduits en justice devant des tribunaux internationaux et nationaux. (fr)
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  • Francisco de Vitoria (en)
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  • [If] little effect upon the ultimate issue of the war is to be expected from the storming of a fortress wherein are many innocent folk, it would not be right, for the purpose of assailing a few guilty, to slay the many innocent by use of fire or engines of war or other means likely to overwhelm indifferently both innocent and guilty. (en)
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  • De Indis De Jure Belli (en)
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  • In international humanitarian law and international criminal law, an indiscriminate attack is a military attack that fails to distinguish between military objectives and protected (civilian) objects. Indiscriminate attacks strike both military and protected objects alike, thus violating the principle of distinction between combatants and civilians. They differ from direct (or deliberate) attacks against civilians and encompass cases in which the perpetrators are indifferent as to the nature of the target, cases in which the perpetrators use tactics or weapons that are inherently indiscriminate (e.g., cluster munitions, anti-personnel mines, nuclear weapons), and cases in which the attack is disproportionate, because it is likely to cause excessive civilian casualties and damages to protect (en)
  • Une attaque sans discrimination ou attaque indiscriminée est, en droit international humanitaire et en droit international pénal, une offensive militaire qui n'établit pas de différence entre objectifs militaires et objets (civils) protégés. Une attaque indiscriminée frappe aussi bien les cibles militaires que les civils, ce qui viole le principe de distinction entre combattants et civils. Ce type d'attaque ne se confond pas avec l'attaque directe (ou délibérée) contre des civils ; le concept englobe diverses possibilités : les cas où les auteurs se montrent indifférents à la nature des cibles ; où les auteurs recourent à des tactiques ou des armes qui, par leur nature même, frappent sans distinction (par exemple : arme à sous-munitions, mines antipersonnel, bombes nucléaires) ; et les cas (fr)
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  • Attaque sans discrimination (fr)
  • Indiscriminate attack (en)
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