Human Shield

Barr acts as Trump's  human shield. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images POLITICS Barr, After Acrimonious Day In Congress, Says He'll Skip Another One On Thursday After hours of sometimes tough back-and-forth on Wednesday in the Senate, Attorney General William Barr declined to appear before a hearing scheduled on Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee. human shield noun a person or group of people held near a potential target to deter attack. Human shield war postcard by Sergey Solomko Human shield is a military and political term describing the deliberate placement of non-combatants in or around combat targets to deter the enemy from attacking these combat targets. It may also refer to the use of persons to literally shield combatants during attacks, by forcing them to march in front of the combatants. Using this tactic is considered a war crime by nations that are parties to the 1949 Geneva Conventions, the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, and the 1998 Rome Statute.[1] Contents 120th century 1.1World War II 1.2Korean War 1.31982 Lebanon War 1.4Operation Blue Star 1.5Persian Gulf War 1.6Bosnian war 221st century 2.1War in Afghanistan 2.2Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2.2.1Israel 2.2.1.1During the Second Intifada 2.2.1.2During the 2008–2009 Gaza War 2.2.1.32009–2014 Gaza War 2.2.2Palestinians 2.2.2.1During the 2008–2009 Gaza War 2.2.2.2During the 2014 Gaza War 2.3Iraq War 2.4Lebanon War 2.5Siege of Lal Masjid 2.6Sri Lanka 2.7Libyan Civil Wars 2.8Syrian Civil War 2.9Crimean crisis 2.10Indian Administered Kashmir 3Voluntary human shields 3.1Anti-war activists 3.2Pro-Palestinian activists 4See also 5References

School Shootings Put Teachers in New Role as Human Shields By JULIE TURKEWITZ Around the country, teachers are reflecting on whether they are prepared to take a bullet for their students. “I think about it all the time,” one said.

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Human shield is a military and political term describing the deliberate placement of non-combatants in or around combat targets to deter the enemy from attacking these combat targets. It may also refer to the use of persons to literally shield combatants during attacks, by forcing them to march in front of the combatants. Using this tactic is considered a war crime by nations that are parties to the 1949 Geneva Conventions, the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, and the 1998 Rome Statute.[1] Contents   [hide]  120th century 1.1World War II 1.2Korean War 1.31982 Lebanon War 1.4Persian Gulf War 1.5Bosnian war 221st century 2.1War in Afghanistan 2.2Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2.2.1Israel 2.2.1.1During the Second Intifada 2.2.1.2During the 2008–2009 Gaza War 2.2.1.32009–2014 Gaza War 2.2.2Palestinians 2.2.2.1During the 2008–2009 Gaza War 2.2.2.2During the 2014 Gaza War 2.3Iraq War 2.4Lebanon War 2.5Siege of Lal Masjid 2.6Sri Lanka 2.7Libyan Civil Wars 2.8Syrian Civil War 2.9Crimean crisis 2.10Indian Administered Kashmir 3Voluntary Human Shields 3.1Anti-war activists 3.2Pro-Palestinian activists 4See also 5References