title: Discussion on challenges raised by contemporary urban conflicts in humanitarian action
abstract: 1Forced displacement as war crimeA participant asked Colonel Klappe to explain the finding of the Commission relating to the qualification of the displacement of population in Aleppo as a war crime. He wondered why this displacement did not fall under the two exceptions of qualification of a war crime: the protection of the civilian population and the military necessity.Colonel Klappe said that it is necessary to examine the exact wording used in the Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions
journal: The Military Law and the Law of War Review