The legal status and guarantees of civilians being used as shields in an armed conflict
Zusammenfassung
This study is aimed to present an analysis concerning the status of civilians used as human shields in modern armed conflicts under international humanitarian law. The main objectives of this study consist of identifying which legal status human shields have in modern armed conflicts under international humanitarian law. This paper is recommended for each who is interested to understand the legal framework of legal status and protection guarantees of voluntary and involuntary civilians used as human shields in armed conflict under international humanitarian law, as also to those who are interesting in a legal analysis of modern armed conflicts case-law in a question of the civilian human shields.