Reserve forces constitute an important component in most armies and play a crucial role in times of war. Notwithstanding, the legal status of reservists, when mobilized or demobilized, and their possible detention or classification as a military target according to international law has rarely been discussed. It is only in the last case before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Prlić et al., that the Appeals Chamber had to assess whether the opposing party could detain men only because they were mobilized. The aim of this article is to remedy this lacuna, to discuss the status of reservists in international humanitarian law and to analyse the possible legal framework for detaining and targeting — both active and non-active — reservists.

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预备役部队是大多数军队的重要组成部分，在战争时期发挥着至关重要的作用。尽管如此，很少讨论预备役人员在动员或复员时的法律地位，以及根据国际法他们可能被拘留或归类为军事目标的问题。只有在前南斯拉夫问题国际刑事法庭审理的最后一个案件 Prlić 等人中，上诉分庭才不得不评估对方是否可以仅仅因为他们被调动而拘留他们。本文旨在弥补这一缺陷，讨论预备役人员在国际人道法中的地位，并分析拘留和瞄准（包括现役和非现役）预备役人员的可能法律框架。