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Fight, Forge, And Fund: Three Select Issues On Targeting Of Persons, Colonel Dr. Eran Shamir-Borer
Fight, Forge, And Fund: Three Select Issues On Targeting Of Persons, Colonel Dr. Eran Shamir-Borer
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
In this brief Article, I shall focus on a few specific issues that, in my mind, have particular relevance for contemporary and future armed conflicts, and with respect to which the debate is still ongoing: (a) the notion of "functional membership" in the armed forces of a non-state actor; (b) whether civilians employed in research and development projects qualify as direct participants in hostilities; and (c) whether civilians engaged in certain financial activities qualify as direct participants in hostilities.