Rights of Civilian Population When Counter-Terrorism during the Armed Conflict on War in Gaza

Ikisiri

This paper discusses the protection of the civilian population during armed conflict as a cornerstone of International Humanitarian Law, which provides a robust framework within which civilians are protected. The Geneva Convention of August 1949 and its Additional Protocols provide for the protection of the direct environment and property, also known as civilian objects. The nature of the protection accorded to civilians under International Humanitarian Law is seen through two main lenses. Firstly, this paper focuses on the implementation by the State parties to the Geneva Convention of August 1949 and its additional protocols, likewise the enforcement of the same by the State members.  Nevertheless, this paper also speaks on whether the ongoing armed conflict between Israel forces and the Hamas military group adhere to the International Humanitarian law specifically the protection of Civilian population and what might be the major problem of not adhering to the Convention. Secondly, the finding of this paper depend on the  Doctrinal and non-doctrinal as the method of data collection by analysing the law specifically the Geneva Convention of August 1949 and its additional protocol and statistics from different online sources including reports from websites. Finally, in the conclusion, this paper addresses the solution to the fundamental guarantees. Among other safeguards, everyone in the power of a party to a conflict is entitled to humane treatment without adverse distinction based on such criteria as race, colour, sex, language, religion, national origin or social status