wartime conduct
Military engagement ethics
Wartime conduct refers to how individuals, military forces, or nations behave during armed conflict.
The phrase often appears in discussions of ethics, law, and accountability: The tribunal examined wartime conduct on both sides.
International conventions establish standards for wartime conduct regarding treatment of prisoners, civilians, and combatants.
- war atrocitiesBrutal acts during conflict
- war crimes tribunalCourt for battlefield violations
- just warMorally permitted armed conflict
- rules of warPrinciples constraining military conduct
- proportionalityScaling relationship between quantities
Geneva Conventions · humanitarian law · rules of engagement · internment camps · propaganda · tribunal · military ethics · fog of war · refugees · home front · armed conflict · enemy combatants · Hague Conventions · human rights violations · collateral damage · air raids · civilian casualties · prisoners of war
wartime conductwar crimes
Illegal acts during conflict
atrocities · crimes against humanity · genocide · ethnic cleansing · torture