Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C01093:schedule:5:p27
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C01093
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 5 (pt 27/59)
Character Range: 427904–430734

the movement of the civilian population or individual civilians in order to attempt to shield military objectives from attacks or to shield military operations.
 8. Any violation of these prohibitions shall not release the Parties to the conflict from their legal obligations with respect to the civilian population and civilians, including the obligation to take the precautionary measures provided for in Article 57.
Chapter III
CIVILIAN OBJECTS

Article 52—General protection of civilian objects
 1. Civilian objects shall not be the object of attack or of reprisals. Civilian objects are all objects which are not military objectives as defined in paragraph 2.
 2. Attacks shall be limited strictly to military objectives. In so far as objects are concerned, military objectives are limited to those objects which by their nature, location, purpose or use make an effective contribution to military action and whose total or partial destruction, capture or neutralization, in the circumstances ruling at the time, offers a definite military advantage.
 3. In case of doubt whether an object which is normally dedicated to civilian purposes, such as a place of worship, a house or other dwelling or a school, is being used to make an effective contribution to military action, it shall be presumed not to be so used.

Article 53—Protection of cultural objects and of places of worship
 Without prejudice to the provisions of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict of 14 May 1954, and of other relevant international instruments, it is prohibited:
     (a) to commit any acts of hostility directed against the historic monuments, works of art or places of worship which constitute the cultural or spiritual heritage of peoples;
     (b) to use such objects in support of the military effort;
     (c) to make such objects the object of reprisals.

Article 54—Protection of objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population
 1. Starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is prohibited.
 2. It is prohibited to attack, destroy, remove or render useless objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, such as foodstuffs, agricultural areas for the production of foodstuffs, crops, livestock, drinking water installations and supplies and irrigation works, for the specific purpose of denying them for their sustenance value to the civilian population or to the adverse Party, whatever the motive, whether in order to starve out civilians, to cause them to move away, or for any other motive.
 3. The prohibitions in paragraph 2 shall not apply to such of the objects covered by it as are used by an adverse Party:
     (a) as sustenance solely for the members of its armed forces; or
     (b) if not as sustenance, then in direct support