Discussion on challenges raised by contemporary urban conflicts in humanitarian action
Journal: The Military Law and the Law of War Review
Year: 2020

1Forced displacement as war crimeA participant asked Colonel Klappe to explain the finding of the Commission relating to the qualification of the displacement of population in Aleppo as a war crime. He wondered why this displacement did not fall under the two exceptions of qualification of a war crime: the protection of the civilian population and the military necessity.Colonel Klappe said that it is necessary to examine the exact wording used in the Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions