"May 2012"--Table of contents page. "This report was researched and written by Fred Abrahams ... and Sidney Kwiram"--P. 62. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Summary -- Recommendations -- Methodology -- Background -- Civilian deaths -- Incidents of civilian deaths -- International legal standards -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix A. Civilian deaths in Majer, August 8, 2011 -- Appendix B. Human Rights Watch letter to NATO Secretary General -- Appendix C. NATO response to Human Rights Watch -- Appendix D. NATO policy on civilian casualties in Afghanistan.
Summary:
"This report documents civilian casualties in the air campaign by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Libya in 2011. NATO says it took extensive measures to minimize civilian harm, and those measures seem to have had a positive affect: the number of civilian deaths in Libya from NATO strikes was low given the extent of the bombing and the duration of the military campaign. Nevertheless, NATO air strikes killed at least 72 civilians, one-third of them children under 18. To date, NATO has failed to acknowledge these casualties or to examine how and why they occurred"--P. [4] of cover.
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