Exploration 2A: Limiting the devastation of war Print E-mail

The most dominant emotion is of bewildering fear at the alien surroundings and uncertainty of one's ultimate fate. Embodied in this sense of loss (friends, family) is the uncertainty of time. How long? Forever?
—thoughts of a captured aircraft pilot

The captive is your brother. It is by the grace of God that he is in your hands and working for you. Since he is at your mercy, see that he is fed and clothed as well as you are. Do not demand from him work beyond his strength.
—The Prophet Mohammed (570-632)

3. What rules should there be to protect prisoners in armed conflict? (15 minutes)

Ask students to write down rules that they think are needed to protect prisoners in armed conflict and to give their reason for each rule.   View video 15

Then make a list of their suggestions.