Editing Human shield (section)

==== World War I ====
Article 23 of the [[Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907|1907 Hague Convention]] (IV) states that "A belligerent is forbidden to compel the nationals of the hostile party to take part in the operations of war directed against their own country".<ref>[http://www.minbuza.nl/en/key-topics/treaties/search-the-treaty-database/1907/10/003319.html Convention respecting the laws and customs of war on land (1907): Parties] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228212724/http://www.minbuza.nl/en/key-topics/treaties/search-the-treaty-database/1907/10/003319.html |date=February 28, 2014}}.</ref> The 1915 report says "If it be not permissible to compel a man to fire on his fellow citizens, neither can he be forced to protect the enemy and to serve as a living screen".<ref>{{cite report|title=Reports on the Violation of the Rights of Nations and of the Laws and Customs of War in Belgium|date=1915|publisher=London: Harrison and Sons}}</ref>