Abstract
This chapter discusses indiscriminate attacks. These attacks were a marked feature of World War II and of the Korean and Vietnamese conflicts. The 1977 Protocol, which was more properly additional to the Hague Convention IV of 1907 give a comprehensive definition of indiscriminate attacks in all forms of warfare. The Protocol prohibits three types of indiscriminate attacks. The first are those which are not directed at a specific military objective. The second are those which employ a method or means of combat which cannot be directed at a specific military objective. The third are those which employ a method or means of combat the effects of which cannot be limited as required by this Protocol. Each of the three types must be of a nature to strike military objects and civilians or civilian objects without distinction. The main significance of the prohibition of indiscriminate attacks is the extent of the changes that they will require in belligerent practice. The significance of the prohibitions has also to be considered in the light of the sanctions that may be lawfully imposed for their violation.
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