Similarly, under Article 14 of APII, areas which produce livestock or crops, or which contain water resources indispensable to the civilian population and whose destruction would result in the starvation of civilians if destroyed, also enjoy absolute protection. In a nutshell, under Article 13 and Article 17 of APII, the environment is immune from attack in areas where there are civilians, and attacks against the environment that would force civilians to flee their homes are prohibited. However, Additional Protocol II (APII) to the Geneva Conventions does contain several provisions providing indirect protection to aspects of the environment. In contrast to the international humanitarian law (IHL) treaties regulating IACs, which provides direct environmental protection in terms of Articles 35 and 55 of Additional Protocol I, none of the treaties regulating NIACs contain provisions providing direct environmental protection.
The current state of legal protection in non-international armed conflicts
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