Limiting the Risk to Combatant Lives: Confluences Between International Humanitarian Law and Buddhism
This article places international humanitarian law (IHL) side by side with Buddhist narratives as seen through the Jātakas, to investigate how they view the expectation placed on soldiers to risk their lives in battle. To this end, I delve into the notion of reciprocity of risk in battle from an IHL...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2021
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Contemporary buddhism
Year: 2021, Volume: 22, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 208-222 |
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Law
B reciprocity of risk B Restraint B combatants B Jātakas (Seyyaṃsa or Seyya (no.282), Vaḍḍhakisūkara (no.283), Supatta (no.292), and Culla Kāliṅga (no.301)) B international humanitarian law B Surrender |
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