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The changes described in the attachment are hereby promulgated pursuant to Department of Defense Directive 2311.0lE, DoD Law of War Program (May 9, 2006), Department of Defense Directive 5145.01, General Counsel of the Department of Defense (GC DoD) (Dec. 2, 3013), and 10 U.S.C. § 140(b) (2012). The Department of Defense Law of War Manual (June 2015, updated May 2016) incorporates the changes described in the attachment. The original online version of this Manual (June 2015) should no longer be used. Robert S. Taylor Acting Attachment – Description of Changes Promulgated on May 31, 2016
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LAW OF WAR MANUAL
Description of Changes Promulgated on May 31, 20161.
Minor changes to the discussion of the principle of proportionality, principally in §2.4.a.
Revised §2.4.1.1 to be more precise and to be consistent in style with other parts of the manual.b.Revised the last sentence of the first paragraph of
§2.4.1.2 to match the language used in the cross-referenced
§5.12.c.Revised the title of §2.4.2 to be more specific in describing itscontent.d.Revised the second paragraph of §2.4.2 to clarify that the principle of proportionality understood in its broadest sense is reflected in obligations to take feasible precautions, including when conducting attacks.e.
Revised the title of §5.12to be more specific to avoid potential confusion with the discussion of the broader principle of proportionality.
Revised the corresponding cross-references to the section title in the footnotes of: i.§ 1.11.1.2 (footnote 194)ii.§ 2.4.1.2 (footnote 70), § 2.4.2 (footnote 73)iii.§ 3.5.1 (footnote 85)iv.§ 4.8.2 (footnote 198)v.§ 5.3.2 (footnote 18), §5.5.1(footnote 65), §5.5.2(footnote 67),§5.7.1.2(footnote 136), § 5.12.5 (footnote 325), § 5.18.5.1(footnote 517)vi.§ 6.5.9.3(footnote 106), § 6.7.1(footnote 149), § 6.7.4(footnote 160), § 6.12.5.2(footnote 291),§6.14.2.1(footnote 366), § 6.14.3(footnote 371), § 6.18(footnote 412)vii.§13.5.2.1(footnote 95)viii.§ 14.8.3.3(footnote 128)ix.§ 16.5.1(footnote 46), § 16.5.1.1(footnote 49)x.§ 17.7(footnote 113)2.
Minor revisionsto the discussion of the principle of honor in §2.6.a.Added “military” before “forces” or replaced “combatants”with “military forces” to clarify that the principle of honor helps distinguish military forces from terrorist groups and other unlawful combatants.
Made these revisions in:i.the first line of § 2.6ii.the title of § 2.6.3iii.the first sentence of § 2.6.3iv.the first sentence of § 2.6.3.1v.the title of §2.6.3.2, vi.the first sentence of § 2.6.3.2b.
Revised the first paragraph of §2.6.1 to explain that the principle of honor remains important as a core value of the U.S. military and helps strengthen implementation of the law of war.c.
Revised the second paragraph of §2.6.1 to help clarify that the principle of honor as used in the manual does not refer to a particular code found in history, but instead draws from warriors’ codes from a variety of cultures and time periods.3.
Substantial revisions to the discussion of journalists in §4.24.
Added references to DoD and U.S. Government policy recognizing the importance of the role of journalists in armed conflict.
b.Reorganized and revised the section to emphasize the protection of journalists as civilians and to clarify that a journalist would only be considered a combatant on an exceptional basis when that person had acquired such status.
c.Added more sources, including relevant U.N. Security Council Resolutions, DoD policies, and examples of relevant DoD or other practice.
d.Added discussion of, and reference to, DoD policies relating to interactions with the press to avoid any mis-impression that the manual would revise such DoD policies.
e.Revised the section to focus on the contexts most relevant to DoD practitioners (e.g., added an example from DoD practice of ensuring that media access to military operations is consistent with law of war obligations, such as the obligation to protect detainees against public curiosity).
f.Revised the cross-reference from§ 4.24.2 to § 4.24.1 in:i.§ 5.9.3.2(footnote 241)ii.§ 19.20.1.4(footnote 209)
4.Changes for stylistic consistency.a.Changed the citation to DoD Directive 2311.01E in the Preface to be more consistent with citations elsewhere in the manual.b.Italicized “proportionality” in both instances in the lastparagraph of § 2.4.2.c.Changed “land mines” to “landmines” in § 6.12.13.
d.Changed “antipersonnel” to “anti-personnel” in §§ 6.12.13 and 6.12.14.
e.Capitalized “is” in the title of § 5.12.3.5.Typographical and other administrative errors.
a.Added the long-form citation for Rogers, Law on the Battlefield, to the list of abbreviations.b.Changed “Australian Royal Air Force” to “Royal Australian Air Force” in the Preface.
c.Formatted footnote numbers 58 and 59 to be superscript in § 2.3.1.1.d.Changed “in way” to “in a way” in § 2.4.
e.Added “to” after “the Party”in §4.26.2.2.f.Deleted “the” from the quote from U.N. General Assembly Resolution 2675 cited in § 5.3.3 (footnote 27) and § 5.3.3.1 (footnote 35).
g.Added “Part” to the title of § 5.9.3.2.Revised the corresponding cross-references to the section title in the footnotes of: i.§ 4.23.1 (footnote 465), § 4.24.1 (footnote 476) ii.§ 5.8.3.2 (footnote 204)
h.Changed “civilians workers” to “civilian workers” in § 5.12.3.2.i.Changed “the safety of the civilian populations” to “the safety of the civilian population” in § 5.14.
j.Deleted “emphasis added” from the citation in footnote 85 in § 6.5.4.5 because the text does not contain modifications for emphasis.6.Punctuation and Spacing.
a.Removed “Widow/Orphan control” from the paragraph formatting of the entire document to ensure that footnote text would always be on the same page as the footnote reference number in the main text.
b.Moved a comma in the first citation in footnote 25 in §1.3.2.2 for consistency with the other citation forms for this source.
c.Removed an extra carriage return.i.§ 2.3.1.1(after section title)ii.§ 4.5.2.1 (footnote 102)
d.Deleted an extra space after punctuation and before the footnote number.i.§ 4.20.4 (footnotes 432, 434)ii.§ 5.3.3.3 (footnote44)iii.§ 6.5.1 (footnote 44), § 6.20.3.1 (footnote 456)iv.§9.22.1 (footnote 495)v.§ 11.18.5.2 (footnotes 324, 325)vi.§ 12.4.2.1 (footnote 42), § 12.8.5 (footnote 140)vii.§ 15.1.5 (footnote 19), § 15.14.1 (footnote 276)viii.§19.7.1 (footnote 78)e.“Hague IV Reg”was corrected to “Hague IV Reg.”.i.§5.11(footnote 279), § 5.14.4(footnote 353)ii.§ 19.8.2.1(footnote 99)f.Corrected footnotes that ended in a semi-colon so that they would end in a period.i.§ 6.6.3.3 (footnote 139)ii.§ 7.12.2.7 (footnote 319)iii.§ 13.10.2.3 (footnote 160)
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