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    An unlawful combatant, illegal combatant or unprivileged combatant/belligerent is a person who directly engages in armed conflict in violation of the...
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    persons, whether as prisoners of war or unlawful combatants. In a non-interstate armed conflict, combatants who fought with non-state armed groups are...
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  • Look up enemy combatant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Enemy combatant is a term for a person who, either lawfully or unlawfully, engages in hostilities...
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    as non-combatant terrorists. Groups like Al-Qaeda are considered combatant terrorists or may also be called unlawful combatants. Non-combatants can also...
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  • Military prisons are used variously to house prisoners of war, unlawful combatants, those whose freedom is deemed a national security risk by the military...
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    and Article 130.) Combatants who break specific provisions of the laws of war are termed unlawful combatants. Unlawful combatants who have been captured...
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    the US designation of irregular opponents as "unlawful enemy combatants" (see also unlawful combatant), especially in the SCOTUS judgments over the Guantanamo...
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    Acting as an unlawful combatant with the intent to commit sabotage, espionage, and other hostile acts Aiding the enemy as an unlawful combatant Espionage...
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  • status and cannot be prosecuted for simply partaking in hostilities. Unlawful combatants hors de combat does not receive the same privilege and are subject...
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  • and unlawful combatants. Lawful combatants are subject to capture and detention as prisoners of war by opposing military forces. Unlawful combatants are...
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    Acting as an unlawful combatant with the intent to commit sabotage, espionage, and other hostile acts Aiding the enemy as an unlawful combatant Espionage...
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    Execution by shooting Spouse Nguyễn Thị Lốp Criminal charge Mass murder, murder, unlawful combatant Military career Allegiance Viet Cong Rank Captain...
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  • least 105 Palestinians was based on an Israeli law known as the "unlawful combatants law", which excludes the detained from prisoner of war status under...
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    Acting as an unlawful combatant with the intent to commit sabotage, espionage, and other hostile acts Aiding the enemy as an unlawful combatant Espionage...
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  • which he had "little choice but to accept." UN Mercenary Convention Unlawful combatant Arms trade STTEP Isenberg, David (November 1997). "Soldiers of Fortune...
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    insurgents or resistance movement militias who may have the status of unlawful combatants against a standing army. Asymmetrical warfare can also describe a...
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  • state of armed conflict or war, and until they are found to be an "unlawful combatant". Depending on the circumstances, they may be subject to civilian...
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    terrorism State-sponsored terrorism Terror bombing Transitional justice Unlawful combatant War and genocide Wartime sexual violence Winter Soldier Investigation...
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    Civilian Internees and Other Detainees, last revised in 1997. The term "unlawful combatant" came into public awareness during and after the War in Afghanistan...
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    to try a lawful enemy combatant for any offense made punishable under this chapter. (c) Determination of Unlawful Enemy Combatant Status Dispositive— A...
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  • of enemy combatant status. In Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006), the Court decided that the "military commissions" created to try unlawful combatants for war crimes...
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  • Law and Morality in an Asymmetrical World Unitary executive theory Unlawful combatant Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2011–2016) Withdrawal...
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    intentional killing by a government or its agents of a civilian or "unlawful combatant" who is not in the government's custody. The target is a person asserted...
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  • codifying the legal status of an "unlawful combatant". If there is a question of whether a person is a lawful combatant, he (or she) must be treated as...
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  • whose diplomatic immunity has been revoked Third Geneva Convention Unlawful combatant, category in United States law for attackers not regarded as protected...
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  • prisoners captured in the War on Terror, including applying the status of unlawful combatant to some prisoners, conducting extraordinary renditions and using torture...
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    the administration of President George W. Bush. Hundreds of "illegal combatants" were abducted for U.S. detention, and transported detainees to U.S.-controlled...
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    Law and Morality in an Asymmetrical World Unitary executive theory Unlawful combatant Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2011–2016) Withdrawal...
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    Acting as unlawful combatants with the intent to commit sabotage, espionage, and other hostile acts Aiding the enemy as an unlawful combatant Espionage...
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    Acting as an unlawful combatant with the intent to commit sabotage, espionage, and other hostile acts Aiding the enemy as an unlawful combatant Espionage...
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