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The Invaluable Civilian Risk Mitigation Contribution of Recognizing the Value of Precautionary Measures

The chapter emphasizes the value of precautionary measures for the effective protection of civilians from an IHL perspective. The author specifies the contents of the obligation to take precautions by providing details on the measures to be taken at the planning stage as well as the impact on soldiers’ training. He argues for the importance of strong and coherent processes that implement precautionary measures and illustrates that precautions need to be taken long before an actual attack is planned or executed. These long-term precautions and the processes with which they are implemented, it is argued, are as important as the more specific precautions that need to be taken in relation to each and every attack.