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==Incendiary weapons and laws of warfare==
Signatory states are bound by Protocol III of the [[UN Convention on Conventional Weapons]] which governs the use of incendiary weapons:

* prohibits the use of incendiary weapons against civilians (effectively a reaffirmation of the general prohibition on attacks against civilians in [[Additional Protocol I]] to the [[Geneva Conventions]])
* prohibits the use of air-delivered incendiary weapons against [[legitimate military target|military targets]] located within concentrations of civilians and loosely regulates the use of other types of incendiary weapons in such circumstances.<ref>although the 4th Geneva Convention, Part 3, Article 1, Section 28 states ''"The presence of a protected person(s) may not be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations."''</ref>

Protocol III states though that incendiary weapons do not include:

* Munitions which may have incidental incendiary effects, such as illuminates, [[Tracer ammunition|tracers]], smoke or signaling systems;
* Munitions designed to combine penetration, blast or fragmentation effects with an additional incendiary effect, such as armor-piercing projectiles, fragmentation shells, explosive bombs and similar combined-effects munitions in which the incendiary effect is not specifically designed to cause burn injury to persons, but to be used against military objectives, such as armoured vehicles, aircraft and installations or facilities.
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