NEWS
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Republican
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Cohen, (202 226-1139
For IMMEDIATE Release
Ros-Lehtinen Resolution Approved
by House;
Condemns Use of Human Shields at
Military Sites
(WASHINGTON) – The U.S. House of Representatives has
condemned the use of civilians and prisoners to shield militarily sensitive
sites, a practice increasingly used by Islamist terr
The resolution, auth
“The willingness of groups such as Hezbollah to use civilians to shield their
men from attack illustrates the depth of the depravity at the c
The resolution, H. Res.125, condemns the use of human shields, urges other responsible nations to condemn the practice and calls on experts in the field of international humanitarian law to recommend ways to further deter such violations of international law.
The practice is outlawed by the Geneva Convention which includes language
that combatants “shall not direct the movement of the civilian population
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