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1 International Law: The Conduct of Armed Conflict and Air Operations i (1976)

handle is hein.hoil/conarmo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE AF PAMPHLET 110-31 Headquarters, US Air Force Washington DC 20330 19 November 1976 Judge Advocate General Activities INTERNATIONAL LAW-THE CONDUCT OF ARMED CONFLICT AND AIR OPERATIONS This pamphlet is for the information and guidance of judge advocates and others particularly concerned with international law requirements applicable during armed conflict. It furnishes references and suggests solutions to a variety of legal problems but is not directive in nature. As an Air Force pamphlet, it does not promulgate official US Government policy although it does refer to US, DOD and Air Force policies. Chapter 1-The International Law of Armed Conflict Paragraph Page Scope of Publication ----------------------------------1-1 1-1 The Law of Armed Conflict: Its Context ----------------- 1-2 1-1 Determinants of the Law ------------------------------1-3 1-5 Views on the Law of Armed Conflict --------------------1-4 1-8 Application of Law -----------------------------------1-5 1-9 Observance of the Law --------------------------------1-6 1-11 Footnotes ------------------------------------------------- 1-13 Chapter 2-Status of Airspace and Aircraft Airspace Defined ------------------------------------2-1 2-1 Control of Airspace ---------------------------------- 2-2 2-3 Control of Outer Space --------------------------------2-3 2-4 Military Aircraft -------------------------------------2-4 2-4 Access by Military Aircraft to Airspace During Peacetime - 2-5 2-5 Access to Airspace by Military Aircraft During Hostilities 2-6 2-7 Footnotes -------------------------------------------------2-8 Chapter 3-Combatants, Noncombatants, and Civilians Introduction ----------------------------------------3-1 3-1 Combatants ----------------------------------------3-2 3-1 Unlawful Combatants ---------------------------------3-3 3-3 Noncombatants -------------------------------------3-4 3-3 Civilians ------------------------------------------3-5 3-4 Footnotes ------------------------------------------------- 3-5 Chapter 4-Conflict in the Air and at Sea Introduction ----------------------------------------4- 4-1 Military Aircraft ------------------------------------- 4-2 4-1 Civil Aircraft --------------------------------------- 4-3 4-2 Armed Conflict at Sea --------------------------------4-4 4-4 Footnotes -------------------------------------------------4-6 Chapter 5-Aerial Bombardment Introduction ----------------------------------------5-1 5-1 OPR: JACI DISTRIBUTION: F