EvBO: Evidence-Based Operations How to Remove the Bad Guys from the Battlefield
Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict 4/2013, p. 194-201
Amsterdam Law School Research Paper No. 2014-16
Amsterdam Center for International Law No. 2014-09
10 Pages Posted: 1 Mar 2014
Date Written: February 25, 2014
Abstract
In the final years of the military operations in Iraq, the US armed forces were only allowed to arrest people on the basis of an Iraqi arrest warrant. To ensure that this process ran as smoothly as possible, the concept of Warrant-Based Targeting was introduced. This concept was adapted to the local circumstances in Afghanistan and renamed Evidence-Based Operations (EvBO) as part of Rule of Law activities. This concept entails that military operations have to be conducted in accordance with Afghan law and that military personnel are expected to collect evidence that can be used in Afghan criminal proceedings.
Keywords: evidence, status of forces, military operations, Afghanistan, Iraq, evidence-based operations, rule of law, counter insurgency, detention, torture
JEL Classification: K14, K33, K41
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