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Nuclear (CBRN); Electromagnetic weapons; Less lethal weapons; Denial of access to/destruction
of objects indispensable to survival; Accidents related to conflict; Use of objects and other means;
Unknown)
Status of the person killed (Civilian, Other protected person, Member of armed forces, Person
directly participating in hostilities, Unknown)
6. Comparability / deviation from international standards
Sources of discrepancies:
Discrepancies might exist between national definitions, international statistical and legal standards,
coverage and quality of data, according to the mandate, methods and capacity of data providers. Capacity
building for the implementation of the methodology for this indicator by data providers will improve quality
and consistency across data sets.
7. References and Documentation
URL:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Indicators/Pages/HRIndicatorsIndex.aspx
References:
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS (2009). Typology of Armed Conflicts in International
Humanitarian Law: Legal Concepts and Actual Situations. Volume 91 Numbers 873. Available from
https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/assets/files/other/irrc-873-vite.pdf.
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS (2008). How is the Term ‘Armed Conflict’ Defined in
International Humanitarian Law? Opinion Paper. Available from
https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/resources/documents/article/other/armed-conflict-article-170308.htm
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS (2015). Report of the 32nd International Conference of
the Red Cross and the Red Crescent, International Humanitarian Law and the Challenges of
Contemporary Armed Conflicts. Geneva. Available from http://rcrcconference.org/wpcontent/uploads/2015/10/32IC-Report-on-IHL-and-challenges-of-armed-conflicts.pdf
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS (2011). Overview of Weapons Regulated by IHL.
Available from https://www.icrc.org/en/document/weapons .
UNITED NATIONS (2015). International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS), Version 1.0.
Vienna. Available from: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/statistics/iccs.html .
UNITED NATIONS. Guidance on Casualty Recording. Upcoming publication.