text: *FM 6-27/MCTP 11-10C
  Field Manual Headquarters
  No. 6-27 Department of the Army
  Washington, DC
  Marine Corps Tactical Publication Headquarters
  No. 11-10C United States Marine Corps Training and Education Command
  Quantico, VA, 07 August 2019
  The Commander s Handbook on the Law of
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  Land Warfare
  Contents
  Page
  PREFACE..................................................................................................................... v
  INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ vii
  Chapter 1 GENERAL BACKGROUND AND BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF .................
  ARMED CONFLICT .................................................................................................. 1-1
  International Law and Use of Force in International Relations .................................. 1-1
  Lex Specialis–The Law of Armed Conflict ................................................................. 1-1
  Purposes of the Law of Armed Conflict ..................................................................... 1-2
  When the Law of Armed Conflict Applies .................................................................. 1-2
  Principles of the Law of Armed Conflict ..................................................................... 1-5
  Classes of Persons .................................................................................................. 1-11
  Sources of the Law of Armed Conflict ..................................................................... 1-20
  Protecting Powers and Humanitarian Organizations .............................................. 1-24
  End of Hostilities and LOAC Rules .......................................................................... 1-25
  Human Rights Law .................................................................................................. 1-26
  Training the Law of Armed Conflict ......................................................................... 1-26
  Chapter 2 CONDUCT OF HOSTILITIES ................................................................................... 2-1
  Practical Guidance for Adhering to LOAC ................................................................. 2-1
  Distinction Between Means and Methods of Warfare ............................................... 2-1
  Protection of Civilians ................................................................................................ 2-1
  Protection of Civilians: A Shared Responsibility........................................................ 2-2
  Civilians Taking a Direct Part in Hostilities ................................................................ 2-2
  Targeting and Military Objectives .............................................................................. 2-5
  Combatants ............................................................................................................. 2-10
  Proportionality in Conducting Attacks – Excessive Incidental Harm and Feasible
  Precautions .............................................................................................................. 2-12
  Lawfulness of Certain Methods of Waging Warfare ................................................ 2-15
  Good Faith, Perfidy, and Other Unlawful Acts, and Lawful Deception and Ruses of
  War .......................................................................................................................... 2-24
  DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: This publication is approved for public release; distribution is
  unlimited. This publication supersedes FM 27-10/MCTP 11-10C (dated 18 July 1956).