A tension exists between treaty protections afforded to civilians in non-international armed conflicts from becoming objects of attacks and the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction to punish commanders who recklessly cause such casualties. Yet, media and human rights organizations’ criticism that the non-combatant casualty cut-off value ( NCV ) constitutes a war crime cannot survive rational examination of the mens rea requirement in the Rome Statute. Coalition commanders and targeteers must ensure the NCV is neither presumptively nor conclusively applied in target engagement, whilst taking constant care to focus proportionality assessments to spare civilians.

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非战斗人员伤亡临界值：评估作战固有决议中的新型瞄准技术

在非国际性武装冲突中为平民提供免遭攻击目标的条约保护与国际刑事法院惩罚不计后果地造成此类伤亡的指挥官的管辖权之间存在紧张关系。然而，媒体和人权组织关于非战斗人员伤亡临界值 (NCV) 构成战争罪的批评无法在对《罗马规约》中的犯罪意图要求进行理性审查后幸免于难。联军指挥官和目标制定者必须确保 NCV 既不是推定的也不是最终适用于目标交战，同时不断注意将比例评估重点放在保护平民。