Source: https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/hebron-killing-extrajudicial-execution
Timestamp: 2019-05-24 13:42:47
Document Index: 798414159

Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 12', 'Art. 16', 'Art. 8', 'Art. 12', 'Art. 10', 'Art. 147', 'Art. 37', 'Art. 147', 'Art. 4', 'Art. 146']

Hebron killing: an extrajudicial execution? | How does law protect in war? - Online casebook
[Source: The Guardian, 24 March 2016, available at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/24/israeli-soldier-filmed-shoot-dead-wounded-palestinian-attacker-hebron]
[Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, News, 30 March 2016, available at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=18544&LangID=E]
1. Does IHL provide protection only to wounded, sick and shipwrecked combatants? Equally to wounded, sick and shipwrecked civilians? (GC I-II, Art. 12; GC IV, Art. 16;AP I, Art. 8(a) and (b); CIHL, Rule 110)
3. (Doc. B, para. 5) The UN Special Rapporteur expresses concern because the medical personnel ignored Mr. Sharif and attended only the Israeli soldier. Does IHL require medical personnel to give care without any discrimination? Or may medical personnel prioritize among their patients? On medical grounds? On other grounds? Could we claim that the decision of the medical personnel in this case to prioritize the care of the wounded Israeli soldier was made in accordance with medical grounds? (GC I, Art. 12;AP I, Art. 10; CIHL, Rule 110)
4. Which are the criteria required to classify an act as direct participation in hostilities? Are these criteria cumulative or not? In what legal instrument do we find these criteria? Shall civilians directly participating in hostilities be cared for if wounded, sick or shipwrecked? (ICRC, Interpretative Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities under International Humanitarian Law)
6. Under IHL, must Israel ensure the accountability of the Israeli soldier? Under IHL, must the Palestinian authority ensure accountability of Palestinians attacking Israeli soldiers with knives? Under what circumstances do the latter violate IHL? (GC IV, Art. 147;AP I, Art. 37;CIHL, Rule 65)
7. (Doc. A, para. 18) Under IHL, which categories of persons or objects must be affected in order to invoke war crimes? May the killing of Mr. Sharif be considered a war crime, as claimed by Amnesty International? May Mr. Sharif be considered a person protected under GC IV? If not, why not? (GC IV, Art. 147; GC IV, Art. 4)
8. If the killing of Mr. Sharif constitutes a war crime, has Israel complied with its obligations under IHL? Are these obligations of result or only of means? (GC IV, Art. 146)