...and duties of war apply not only to armies, but also to militia and volunteer corps fulfilling four conditions: 1 . to be commanded by a person responsible...operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war. It further specifies that in countries where militia or volunteer corps (so-called "irregular" armed...

...distinctive uniforms recognizable from a distance; they did not carry their arms openly; and they failed to conduct their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war. Consequently the Defense Department incarcerated these "enemy combatants" at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,...

...fixed distinctive emblem recognizable at a distance," organized to "carry arms openly," and conducting their "operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war" (art. 1). The same restrictive definitions were carried over in the Geneva Convention of 1949 on protections...

...have a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance. • They carry their arms openly. • They conduct their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war. As anyone who watched in horror on 9/11 as everyday Americans leapt to their deaths from the flaming...

...they are under command, have a distinctive sign recognizable at a distance, carry arms openly, and conduct their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war (Article 4A). Because the United States brought the prisoners to Guantanamo for questioning, the provision...

...“hav[e¿ a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance”; (c) “carry{] arms openly”; an4 (d) “conduct[] their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war.” W¿ believe that the President, based on the facts supplied by DoD, has ample grounds upon which to...

...distance, iii. the organization's members must carry arms openly; and iv. the organization's members must conduct their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war. . . . Lindh asserts that the Taliban is a "regular armed force," under the GPW, and because he is a...

...rights, and duties of war apply not only to armies, but also to militia and volunteer corps fulfilling the following conditions: 1. To be commanded by a...operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war. In countries where militia or volunteer corps constitute the army, or form part of it, they are included...

...subordinates: To have a fixed distinctive emblem recognizable at a distance; To carry arms openly; and To conduct their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war. In countries where militia or volunteer corps constitute the army, or form part of it, they are included...

...anything like a radical redefinition of what a combatant is. The requirement that irregular troops 'conduct their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war' is perhaps the most interesting of all. As we saw, reciprocity has clearly ceased to be a general condition...