Kathleen Lawand, the outgoing head of the ICRC unit that counsels on the law applying in the armed conflicts and other situations of violence in which the ICRC conducts its humanitarian activities, responds to some recurring questions on the legal classification of non-international armed conflicts. "Among the rules that the parties to an armed conflict must respect when conducting hostilities, there is the prohibition of direct attacks against civilians and of indiscriminate attacks the obligation to respect the principle of proportionality in attacks and the obligation to take all feasible precautions so as to avoid as far as possible civilian casualties." Interview What is a non-international armed conflict?
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